What You Wish For
The other day, in response to Diogenes' weekly McCarrick heresy trial, one of Lawler's people wrote:
But the mill is churning, and the word's been circulating that, indeed, the DC transition might well be coming soon -- sooner than expected. At this point, I'm hearing that the forecast for Washington can be summed up in one word: Wilton.
Talk about an answer to prayers!
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In early July, the Cardinal did submit his letter of resignation. It's now in the Pope's hands. Please write to His Holiness and urge him to accept that retirement - and pray, pray, pray!!!!Remember that these are the people who love telling you that the church is not a democracy and the cafeteria is closed -- except, of course, when their agenda dictates otherwise. The Pope's doing a fine job, and he really doesn't need angry self-anointeds doing the whole Lord-impersonator thing and threatening to take the Keys away from him.
But the mill is churning, and the word's been circulating that, indeed, the DC transition might well be coming soon -- sooner than expected. At this point, I'm hearing that the forecast for Washington can be summed up in one word: Wilton.
Talk about an answer to prayers!
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posted by Rocco Palmo at 03:30
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Francis George -- appointed archbishop of Portland in Oregon, 30 April 1996... appointed archbishop of Chicago 7 April 1997
John O'Connor -- appointed bishop of Scranton, 6 May 1983... appointed archbishop of New York, 26 January 1984
Sean O'Malley -- appointed bishop of Palm Beach, 3 September 2002... appointed archbishop of Boston, 1 July 2003
Lapse of memory, John?
Portland is a metropolitical see. It would be highly unusual to transfer Gregory from Atlanta so quickly. Not my first choice for DC, but he is an excellent second or third choice. DC requires a good public face, and Gregory is that. Gregory served admirably as the public face for the Church during the terrible 2002 crisis. While I disagreed with his "zero tolerance" policy, I was extremely grateful for how skillfully he - and he alone, in my view - salvaged the public face of the Church. Gregory is believed to be aligned with the progressive wing of the episcopate, but that shouldn't fool the Diogenes fan club. They are more likely to get what they want from Gregory than they are from John Myers, for instance. Things often aren't what they seem.
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