Posted on 01/23/2010 2:03:42 PM PST by La Enchiladita
Pope Benedict XVI will soon appoint a coadjutor archbishop of Los Angeles, according to an American Catholic blogger. Writing on the Catholic Vote Action blog, and citing “reliable authority,” Thomas Peters says that Cardinal Roger Mahony has approved the coadjutor, and an announcement is imminent. The coadjutor would succeed Cardinal Mahony when he retires.
Cardinal Mahony has enjoyed a remarkably long tenure as Archbishop of Los Angeles, having taken that post in 1985. However he is still well short of the normative retirement age-- he will not turn 75 until February 2011—and although bishops are obliged to submit their resignations at that age, the Pope frequently delays the appointment of a successor.
However, Cardinal Mahony, who has faced controversy frequently in the nation’s most populous archdiocese—particularly over his handling of sex-abuse complaints—has indicated that he neither expects nor wants to extend his tenure.
I hope Pope Benedict elevates a Catholic to the Archbishopic rather than another Baloneyite.
I hope Pope Benedict elevates a Catholic to the Archbishopric rather than another Baloneyite.
Worst. American. Bishop.
Good riddance, when the time comes.
>> I hope Pope Benedict elevates a Catholic to the Archbishopric rather than another Baloneyite. <<
This sectarian nonsense is ruining Free Republic. I demand you apologize to all of us Bolognites. If you know so much about our religion, you could at least spell the rite properly. Geesh.
(I’ll pray to St. Oscar for you.)
“(I’ll pray to St. Oscar for you.)”
Every time I’ve asked a Catholic about them praying to saints, they said it wasn’t true. Was that wrong?
I just ask for my own understanding.
Please do not confuse Bolognites with Catholics. They are totally separate religions.
Google yields only 10 results for “Bolognite”
Just wait a few days, it’ll catch on.
As a Conservative Catholic, I certainly hope his replacement is NOT another, clueless, naive, flaming, PRO-ILLEGAL ALIEN, law-breaking-supporting, Leftist, Moonbat!
LOL! Great picture.
Best answer yet... Read Purgatorio by Dante. We follow the saints and Our Lady up the Holy Mountain of God.
GOOD I Hope so I hear about during the Week LA E
So, just as I can ask for my fellow living Christian brothers ans sisters to pray for me now, so can I ask the Saints to implore Christ to aid me in my daily walk.
If you look at many of the formal prayers involving Saints, they all point to Christ; none edify the Saint either as an equal to God or above God -- NONE.
Catholic Saints are not perfect. They have the same human weaknesses and temptations the you and I experience on a daily basis. Rather, they are persons who lived their Christian walk in exemplary fashion and in a manner we should emulate.
So, as Catholics, we ask the Saints and the entire Body of Christ (living and deceased) to intervene on our behalf to God.
And yes, we can certainly pray directly to God, as we do. Its just like asking your Christian friends to pray for you. No difference. The key is that in terms of our souls, there is no living or dead; but rather a transition from life on earth to the beatific vision of God in heaven.
Hope this helps clear up any confusion.
“Cardinal” Mahony belongs in Gitmo, not a church. The Vatican should have stripped the traitorous bastard of his robes long ago.
Patrick Madrid was pulling up to a Catholic Church once, and saw Our Lady of Fatima, with the three children kneeling in front of her. He said, “Look! Even our statues worship statues!”
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