Letter #31: The Program, and the Sheriff

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Letter #31: The Program, and the Sheriff

[2013-03-04]

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March 2, 2013, Saturday -- The Program, and the Sheriff

"Nevertheless, with most of them God was not well-pleased; for they were laid low in the wilderness...
"Now these things happened to them as an example, and they were written for our instruction, upon whom the ends of the ages have come.

"Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed that he does not fall."

—St. Paul, 1st Letter to the Corinthians, 10:5, 11-12, warning his readers not to desire "evil things," lest they be "laid low" by God. The reading was the second reading today in Catholic Masses in Rome

(The image is of the Greek text of one of St. Paul's letters from an early manuscript. This is a folio from Papyrus 46, containing the text of 2 Corinthians 11:33-12:9)

Note to readers: This week we will launch a new website, TheMoynihanReport.com. Modeled on the Drudge Report, it is intended to be a site where readers can find useful information in 5 main areas: Culture Watch, Money Watch, Pope Watch, Science Watch and Vatican Watch. This new website is free and we hope that over time it will become a site that you will enjoy visiting regularly. The archive of the Moynihan Letters can be found at TheMoynihanLetters.com. (This site will be down for the next few hours due to site updating.)

Cardinal O'Brien Will Not Attend Conclave

Cardinal Keith O'Brien of Scotland (photo), who, if he would have participated, would have been the only voting cardinal from England or Scotland at the upcoming papal Conclave, will not attend the Conclave, he officially announced today.

He released the following communique today:

3 March 2013
Statement from Cardinal O'Brien

In recent days certain allegations which have been made against me have become public. Initially, their anonymous and non-specific nature led me to contest them.

However, I wish to take this opportunity to admit that there have been times that my sexual conduct has fallen below the standards expected of me as a priest, archbishop and cardinal.

To those I have offended, I apologise and ask forgiveness.

To the Catholic Church and people of Scotland, I also apologise.

I will now spend the rest of my life in retirement. I will play no further part in the public life of the Catholic Church in Scotland.

Notes to editors:

1. This is the only statement, which Cardinal O'Brien will be issuing.
2. Cardinal O'Brien will not attend the Conclave to elect the new Pope.
3. Cardinal O'Brien is now out of the country and will not be available
for interview.

[Source: Scottish Catholic Media Office]

Cardinal O'Brien was named Archbishop of St. Andrews and Edinburgh by Pope John Paul II in 1985.

An ex-priest and three current priests from the diocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh complained to the Pope's representative to Britain, Archbishop Antonio Mennini, in early February about what they alleged had been inappropriate behavior towards them in the 1980s.

O'Brien had been due to retire later this month when he turned 75, but resigned last week.

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Cardinal Mahony Will Attend Conclave

Cardinal Roger Mahony, emeritus archbishop of Los Angeles, California, will attend the Conclave -- and says it was the Vatican which told him to attend.

Francis X. Rocca, reporting for Catholic News Service, said Mahony expressed “amazement” at calls that he withdraw from the upcoming papal conclave because of his record on abuse, and said that the Vatican, acting through its ambassador to the United States, had instructed him to take part in the election of the next Pope.

“I’m here because the Holy Father appointed me a cardinal in 1991, and the primary job of a cardinal, the number one job, is actually the election of a new pope should a vacancy occur,” the cardinal told Catholic News Service February 28, two days after arriving in Rome.

“Without my even having to inquire, the nuncio in Washington phoned me a week or so ago and said, ‘I have had word from the highest folks in the Vatican: you are to come to Rome and you are to participate in the conclave’,” the cardinal said.

Here is a link to the complete story: http://cnsblog.wordpress.com/2013/03/02/cardinal-mahony-says-vatican-told-him-to-attend-conclave/

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Cardinal Sandri Seeks "Greater Role" For Women

One of the "old-line" Curial cardinals, Leonardo Sandri, 69 (photo), has given an interview to Reuters' Vaticanist Philip Pullela in which he says that "the Roman Catholic Church must open itself up to women in the next pontificate, giving them more leadership positions in the Vatican and beyond."

Sandri, closely associated with the former Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Angelo Sodano, 85 -- he served as Sodano's deputy for a number of years prior to the pontificate of Pope Benedict -- is regarded as a possible candidate to be the next Pope.

Sandri, born in Argentina, and so considered a Latin American -- but considered by many as an Italian because he has spent so many years in the Curia -- said the next Pope should not be chosen according to a geographic area but must be a "saintly man" capable of leading the Church.

Sandri told Reuters it was "only right" that women should have more key positions in the Vatican administration "where they can make a very important contribution because of their qualifications."

He also said: "The Church is ready for a black Pope but maybe the world is not," Sandri said. "We are open to anyone as long he is the best prepared, the best qualified, to face a time that is so difficult for the Church and the world."

Here is a link to the complete interview: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/03/us-pope-succession-sandri-idUSBRE92208N20130303

(Cardinal Angelo Sodano, 85, Dean of the College of Cardinals)

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Will the Cardinals Elect an "Anti-Pope"?

The widespread shock in Catholic circles about Pope Benedict's February 11th decision to resign his office has begun to wear off for many, but not all.

Indeed, there are some Catholics who believe Benedict had no right to resign, even if he felt no longer capable of carrying out his ministry as Pope.

And this view has even taken the form of a call to the cardinals not to enter into Conclave, and not to vote for a new Pope.

This position was put forward by Enrico Maria Radaelli, an Italian Catholic writer, in an article posted on his website and on the website of Una Voce, the Catholic organization that supports the celebration of the the Mass according to the extraordinary form, that is, according to the pre-conciliar liturgical books.

The article is entitled: "Most Eminent Cardinals, do not gather in Conclave, you would be electing an anti-Pope."

Here is that title:

EMINENTISSIMI CARDINALI,

NON RIUNITEVI IN CONCLAVE:

ELEGGERESTE UN ANTIPAPA

Radaelli's central argument is that there is a special "nature" or "character" associated with being Pope which cannot be "given up" by the Pope, even if he would like to.

He writes: "Only a Pope, it is said, can have the authority to renounce his own ministry, but not even the Pope has that power, because it would be the exercise of an absolute power contrasting with the very essence of his own being, (it would be) to desire not to be what he is, and one will see below that the papal election confers a substantial, not accidental status, and that precisely for this reason is indestructible." ("Solo un Papa, si dice, puň avere il potere di rinunciare al proprio ministero, ma tale potere non l’ha neanche il Papa, perché sarebbe l’esercizio di un potere assoluto che contrasta con l’essere di se stesso medesimo, di voler non essere il proprio essere, di voler non essere quel che si č, e si vedrŕ fra poco che l’elezione papale conferisce uno status sostanziale, non accidentale, e che precisamente per ciň č indistruttibile.")

Here is a link to the entire article in Italian: http://www.unavox.it/ArtDiversi/DIV433_EMR_Non_riunitevi_in_Conclave.html

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John Cornwell Back in the Saddle

In an article today in London's Daily Mail, which is not regarded as the most authoritative journal in the world, British writer John Cornwell offers his version of the reasons for Pope Benedict's resignation. The title is "... 'The Filth' corrupting the Vatican...and why the Pope REALLY quit."

The subtitle is: "Sickened by moral corrosion in his own shadowy cabal, Benedict can only rid Rome of its malign influence by resigning... a leading Catholic writer's explosive analysis"

(Photo: John Cornwell, an English journalist and author, and a Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge. He is best known for various books on the papacy, most notably Hitler's Pope)

Sursa: www.InsideTheVatican.com

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