Retire and enjoy life.
The 60’s generation must be hitting 75.
They are as bad as all of those aged “rock ‘n’ rollers”.
The Bishops are required to submit the letter, the Pope is not required to accept it until he is ready to accept it.There was a Bishop in Florida several years ago that it was accepted the second it was submitted, but several others have had the letters ignored for a number of years.
I think this is much ado about nothing. Cdl George was just making the routine statement about his approaching retirement age. It is well known that the Pope often does not accept the letter of retirement immediately, and the bishop can continue in his post for some time, if the Pope considers him useful and suitable for it, of course. I imagine George will get another year or two out of it.
The only people who are complaining, I suspect, are the horrible bishops appointed after Vatican II who are now about to age out and don’t want to be forced to abandon their attempts to destroy the Church.
Cardinal George doesn’t do his job, so why should he remain in it?
He is silent while pro-abortion “Catholics” receive Communion. This makes him complicit in repeated sacrilegious, scandalous Communions.
And he has caved repeatedly when defied by Michael Pfleger, noted gang toady, political campaigner, and liturgical atrocitist.
Cardinal George is one of many bishops who allow big, pro-abortion donors to Catholic schools and Catholic charities to dictate that the Church’s opposition to abortion, euthanasia, etc., are to be soft-pedaled.