http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/levada/ en-us Sat, 31 May 2008 23:10:21 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2024163/posts Vienna, May 30, 2008 / 04:54 pm (CNA).- In response to a report in the Italian daily “La Repubblica” that Cardinal Christoph Schönborn could become the new Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the spokesman for the Archdiocese of Vienna, Erich Leitenberger, said on Stephanscom Austrian Radio that the rumor was unfounded.On May 25, La Repubblica published an article by Marco Politi in which he offered a “general analysis” of the General Assembly of the Bishops’ Conference of Italy. Commenting on the rumor about Cardinal Schönborn, Politi said a personnel change at the Vatican was possible... CNA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2024163/posts#comment Sat, 31 May 2008 23:10:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2012028/posts Vatican City, May 6, 2008 / 11:03 am (CNA).- Today Pope Benedict appointed members to the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts and the Congregation for the Clergy. Among the appointees are two American archbishops and one cardinal.  The Council for Legislative Texts’ main task consists of interpreting the laws of the Church – both the laws concerning the Latin Rite and the common laws of the Eastern Catholic churches.The new appointments are: Cardinals Giovanni Battista Re, prefect of the Congregation for Bishops; Ivan Dias, prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples; Lluis Martinez Sistach, archbishop of Barcelona, Spain; Oswald... CNA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2012028/posts#comment Tue, 6 May 2008 17:48:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1873773/posts Far from “diminishing other faith communities,” the Holy See’s recent instruction on the status of non-Catholic churches points out that "outside the Catholic Church elements of holiness and truth do exist and that the Holy Spirit is working in those other communities and churches as well," Cardinal William Levada told the archdiocesan newspaper Catholic San Francisco. Levada, formerly archbishop of San Francisco, is the prefect for the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, which on July 10 issued “Responses to Some Questions Regarding Certain Aspects of the Doctrine of the Church.” The document reiterated the teaching that the Church... California Catholic Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1873773/posts#comment Mon, 30 Jul 2007 19:04:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1865124/posts In an act of jaw-dropping hubris, Pope Benedict Joseph Ratzinger recently declared Protestantism's churches "not true churches." In an effort to underscore the wisdom of such a position at this time, he then had his "document" signed by none other than Cardinal William Levada, a pro-gay, pro-pedophile, pro-molestation cleric hailing recently from San Francisco and Portland. Apparently hypocrisy is in abundant supply in the Vatican larder. Levada is one of the papal appointments that causes either great puzzlement about (or gives great insight into) this Pope's orientation. Fresh off of scandals in his previous appointments, Levada received one of the... Bloggers & Personal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1865124/posts#comment Fri, 13 Jul 2007 01:25:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1865023/posts Pope: Some Christian Denominations Not True Churches LORENZAGO DI CADORE, Italy - Pope Benedict XVI has reasserted the universal primacy of the Roman Catholic Church, approving a document released Tuesday that says Orthodox churches were defective and that other Christian denominations were not true churches. (snip) The document, signed by the congregation (Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith) prefect, U.S. Cardinal William Levada, was approved by Benedict on June 29, the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul - a major ecumenical feast day. Homosexual Activists Cheer Appointment of New San Francisco Archbishop (to Replace Levada)By Hilary White The LA... BeliefNet http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1865023/posts#comment Thu, 12 Jul 2007 21:46:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1819660/posts Earlier this month, as Cardinal Edward Egan reached the retirement age of 75, it didn't take long for the buzzmill to hit a fever pitch with visions, rumblings, floaters and speculations of the succession to one of global Catholicism's most visible posts, the archbishopric of New York. Tomorrow's start to Year Three of B16 has brought a fresh set of reports predicting "revolution" or "earthquake" in the Roman Curia. Of course, prior alarms of the same all failed to come to pass, but when even the papal intimates are talking openly of "surprises" -- and others of "big surprises" --... Whispers in the Loggia http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1819660/posts#comment Wed, 18 Apr 2007 23:40:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1609204/posts ANN ARBOR, MI – A virulently anti-Catholic resolution unanimously passed by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors condemning Catholic moral teaching on homosexuality and urging the Archbishop of San Francisco and Catholic Charities of San Francisco to defy Church directives prohibiting gay adoptions has prompted a federal lawsuit by the Thomas More Law Center, a national public interest law firm based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The lawsuit, brought on behalf of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights and two San Francisco Catholic citizens, challenges the anti-Catholic resolution as a “startling attack by government officials on the Catholic Church,... Thomas More Law Center http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1609204/posts#comment Tue, 4 Apr 2006 23:17:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1604078/posts Cardinal William Levada took possession of his titular church Sunday in the heart of the Italian capital, where he was greeted by a crowd of cheering faithful and pilgrims - many of them Americans. Levada, who was elevated to cardinal during Friday's consistory, was assigned to the St. Mary in Domnica church where he held a festive two-hour-long Mass. "I'm very delighted of being titular of this basilica, a parish in this historical zone in the city of Rome," he said at the beginning of his homily. "I hope to be able to come here often." St. Mary's in Domnica,... Daily Comet http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1604078/posts#comment Mon, 27 Mar 2006 19:06:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1603037/posts VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Benedict XVI celebrated Mass with his 15 new cardinals on the steps of St. Peter’s Square on Saturday, welcoming them as his new partners in running the Catholic Church and giving them their symbolic rings. Tens of thousands of people -- family, friends and supporters of the new "princes" of the church -- packed the square, waving flags from the cardinals’ 11 homelands and toting banners adorned with their pictures.During the Mass, Benedict placed a golden ring engraved with a crucifix and Benedict’s papal seal on each man’s right hand. The Pope said the ring... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1603037/posts#comment Sat, 25 Mar 2006 21:00:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1602113/posts VATICAN CITY, MARCH 23, 2006 (Zenit.org).- Cardinals, those special advisers to and collaborators with the popes, have a long history and varied duties. They oversee the presbyterates of 25 titular and quasi parish churches of Rome, of which seven are regional deaconries and six Palatine deaconries, and seven suburban sees. The Pontifical Yearbook explains that the College of Cardinals was formed in 1150, with a cardinal dean, who is the bishop of Ostia, and the chamberlain, who on the death of a pope is in charge of the administration of the affairs of the Holy See. Since 1059 the cardinals... Zenit News Agency http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1602113/posts#comment Fri, 24 Mar 2006 03:45:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1602106/posts VATICAN CITY, MARCH 23, 2006 (Zenit.org).- The red hat that 15 new cardinals will receive from Benedict XVI on Friday will manifest their willingness to shed their blood for the Church. The Pope will attest to this during the consistory for the elevation of new cardinals, scheduled for 10:30 a.m. local time in St. Peter's Square. According to the new rite introduced in the June 1991 consistory, the ceremony will begin with a liturgical greeting and the Holy Father's reading of the formula of elevation and of the solemn proclamation of the names of the new cardinals. The first of... Zenit News Agency http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1602106/posts#comment Fri, 24 Mar 2006 03:29:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1601188/posts Leaders of the Roman Catholic Church began gathering in Rome for a day of "prayer and reflection" ahead of the first consistory under Pope Benedict XVI, in which he will elevate 15 cardinals who will help him guide the world's more than one billion Catholics. The day of prayer on Thursday will be a kind of "brainstorming" session to discuss problems facing the Church worldwide, what observers say is an example of Benedict's stated intention to have greater collegiality, or consultation, within the Church. The gathering of top clergy will show the two faces of the Roman Catholic Church in... Yahoo News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1601188/posts#comment Wed, 22 Mar 2006 21:28:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1599147/posts AS SECOND in command at the Vatican, you would think that San Francisco's former archbishop, William Levada, has enough on has hands -- namely, a backlog of some 700 priest-abuse cases. But in response to a recent inquiry by a Boston Globe reporter regarding his role in the placement of three children with gay parents during his time as archbishop, Levada sent an e-mail to the San Francisco archdiocese making his opposition to the practice clear. "It has been, and remains, my position that Catholic agencies should not place children for adoption in homosexual households." Because of the conflict between... San Francisco Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1599147/posts#comment Sun, 19 Mar 2006 16:36:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1586529/posts ROME (CNS) -- Cardinal-designate William J. Levada said a priest who publicly announces he is homosexual makes it difficult for people to see the priest as representing Christ, the bridegroom of his bride, the church. A public declaration of homosexuality places a priest "at odds with the spousal character of love as revealed by God and imaged in humanity," said the U.S. cardinal-designate, who is prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Cardinal-designate Levada made his remarks during a Feb. 26 homily as he presided over a Mass for the installation of the new rector of Rome's... Catholic News Agency http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1586529/posts#comment Mon, 27 Feb 2006 20:24:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1584877/posts Archbishop Levada, the man the Pope appointed to his old job, has spoken out rather forcefully on the need to remain faithful to the Church's Magisterial teachings. However, over time his position has evolved. Interestingly, back in the 1970's, Levada made statements which seem to indicate that he believed that papal infallibility is limited to matters of faith - but not to moral issues such as abortion. Obviously, one of the significant implications of such a view would be that Catholic politicians would be free to either oppose or support abortion. However, in his comments following the publication of John... Singing In The Reign http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1584877/posts#comment Fri, 24 Feb 2006 18:16:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1554259/posts San Francisco -- Former Archbishop William Levada was expected to answer questions from lawyers Monday about how the Portland diocese handled priest sex abuse cases during his tenure there. Levada was served with a subpoena Aug. 10, right before he left for Rome to take over as prefect of the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the position formerly held by Pope Benedict XVI. It's the highest Vatican post ever held by an American. Levada served as archbishop in Portland from 1986 to 1995 before transferring to San Francisco. In 2004, Portland became the first Catholic diocese in... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1554259/posts#comment Sun, 8 Jan 2006 21:50:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1554116/posts wo lawyers representing Oregon molestation victims have raised questions about the role San Francisco Archbishop William Levada played in a priestly sex abuse scandal that led to this week's unprecedented bankruptcy of the Archdiocese of Portland. Levada, who served as the archbishop of Portland from 1986 to 1995, oversaw church disciplinary proceedings against two Oregon priests accused of child molestation, including one who was put back in regular parish ministry in 1994, following a brief period of "rehabilitation," the attorneys say. The SF Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1554116/posts#comment Sun, 8 Jan 2006 16:37:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1553542/posts As he prepares to be deposed in San Francisco next week, former S.F. Archbishop William Levada may have to come clean about a priestly child molester he protected in Portland. By Ron Russell In April 2004, when questioned under oath by lawyers for victims sexually abused by priests, San Francisco's former archbishop, William J. Levada, was asked about Father Joseph Baccellieri, a parish priest accused of child molestation whom Levada removed from ministry in 1992 while archbishop of Portland. Levada restored Baccellieri to his post two years later. "I believe there was some allegation that occurred while I was there,"... SF Weekly http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1553542/posts#comment Sat, 7 Jan 2006 07:58:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1542756/posts PORTLAND, Ore. Attorneys for alleged victims of sex abuse are asking a federal judge to let them question a top-ranking Vatican official about a church doctrine that might permit him to lie under oath.Archbishop William Levada (leh-VAY'-duh) has agreed to be questioned during a January ninth deposition about his tenure as archbishop of Portland from 1986 to 1995. The San Francisco prelate is the Vatican's guardian of doctrinal orthodoxy.Attorneys for the victims want to ask Levada whether he would rely on the so-called doctrine of "mental reservation" when answering questions at the deposition in San Francisco. Although the Catholic church... KRON http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1542756/posts#comment Sun, 18 Dec 2005 13:41:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1513990/posts The Prefect for the Doctrine of the Faith, Archbishop William Levada, sat down for an interview on Monday with Charles Collins. Archbishop Levada served as an official of the Congregation 20 years ago, and began describing how things have changed.WHAT IS LIKE TO BE THE PREFECT OF THE CONGREGATION OF THE DOCTRINE OF THE FAITH AFTER HAVING WORKED THERE FOR 20 YEARS?It is a big change for someone who was a working official in the doctrinal section and who comes back as the prefect. I was unaware of all of the duties of the prefect and was happy to have... Vatcan Radio http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1513990/posts#comment Wed, 2 Nov 2005 13:39:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1499090/posts VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The first week of this fall's Synod of Bishops followed a long-standing tradition: Bishops from all over the world gave speeches all over the map, while the media focused on a few hot-button issues. The press tended to view the Oct. 2-23 assembly as a showdown debate on married priests, eucharistic sharing, Catholic politicians and Communion for divorced Catholics. The actual content of the first 30 hours and 250,000 words of synod discussion included those topics, but was less dramatic than the headlines. The bishops, in fact, ranged far and wide in choosing subjects for their... Catholic News Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1499090/posts#comment Sat, 8 Oct 2005 19:52:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1463774/posts Archbishop William Levada said he will leave San Francisco for the Vatican with a clear conscience. He believes that he was able to restore order and direction to an archdiocese that was reeling from church closures and clergy misbehavior. He defended his handling of sexual abuse cases and is proud of having reopened some closed parishes and reconfigured others. "I wasn't filled with dread when I came here but I knew there were problems I would have to address," Levada said. "I knew I was going into a very concentrated center that had some hot-button issues." He also acknowledged areas... San Francisco Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1463774/posts#comment Mon, 15 Aug 2005 17:28:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1452796/posts The First Sentence from Prefect Levada Makes the Legion Tremble The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has handed down a stiff sentence against Fr. Gino Burresi. The transgressions? The same ones charged against Fr. Marcial Maciel, founder of the powerful Legionaries of Christ by Sandro Magister ROMA, July 28, 2005 – On July 19, the Catholic newspaper "Avvenire" published the following note from the general secretariat of the Italian bishops' conference (CEI): "Following the decree handed down on May 27, 2005, by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, notice is hereby given that the following canonical... Chiesa http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1452796/posts#comment Fri, 29 Jul 2005 01:13:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1420864/posts The question of how to treat gay and lesbian people seems about to start causing even more division between church people. The Greater Milwaukee Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America will recommend to the Churchwide Assembly that the ELCA permit gays and lesbians in committed relationships to be ordained. The General Synod of the United Church of Christ will debate competing resolutions at its national meeting in July. One would endorse the concept of same-sex marriage; the other would have the church affirm that marriage should be only between a man and a woman. What these resolutions, plus... Madison.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1420864/posts#comment Sat, 11 Jun 2005 12:37:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1417797/posts Archbishop William Levada, the new head of the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, said his pastoral experience makes him sympathetic to the doctrinal and teaching challenges faced by local bishops around the world. In an interview with Catholic News Service yesterday, Archbishop Levada - outgoing Archbishop of San Francisco - also said that while the Congregation sometimes must discipline errant theologians, its primary work is positive - safeguarding sound doctrine so the faith can be shared with the world. That task is something all theologians should share, he said. Archbishop Levada was visiting the doctrinal congregation's offices.... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1417797/posts#comment Tue, 7 Jun 2005 00:23:59 GMT