http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/mccarrick/ en-us Sat, 2 Aug 2008 19:04:34 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2055447/posts In the view of a noted authenticist expert on Catholic bishops I talked with in confidence yesterday, the outline of the U. S. Catholic bishops proposed document “Forming Consciences of Faithful Citizenship” bears “the imprint of the finely manicured and perfumed hand of one who has long been regarded as the most prominent liberal of the U.S. episcopate. ” When he said that to me, I knew right away who he meant. He was speaking of one who is not even an active archbishop but is retired-Theodore Cardinal McCarrick the former archbishop of Washington, D. C. Liberal Democrat McCarrick continues... Chicago Daily Observer http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2055447/posts#comment Sat, 2 Aug 2008 19:04:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1930924/posts Theodore Cardinal McCarrick is no longer archbishop of Washington, but even in retirement, he is holding to his position of accommodation with “pro-choice” Catholic politicians. Furthermore, he is always ready and willing to enunciate his views in this regard to the secular media. In a late October interview with the Associated Press, the Cardinal criticized statements by the Archbishop of St. Louis, Raymond Burke, who stated as long as five years ago that priests should not give Holy Communion to Catholics who publicly support abortion. Recently, Burke repeated this stand with respect to Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani, on the... Catholic Insight http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1930924/posts#comment Tue, 27 Nov 2007 03:27:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1684137/posts ROME (CNS) -- Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, retired archbishop of Washington, arrived in Lebanon in early August, visiting Catholic aid projects, church and government leaders and getting what he described as "a lesson in frustration." His Aug. 10 meeting with two Muslim leaders in Beirut was canceled after Israeli planes dropped leaflets on the city warning of new bombardments. "It scares the heck out of people," he said of the leaflet drops. "And if they don't leave, they can be killed. But it's awful; they get word to leave their homes because they are going to bomb in the next... Catholic News Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1684137/posts#comment Tue, 15 Aug 2006 19:03:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1681265/posts Beirut (AsiaNews) – Cardinal Theodore McCarrick is in Lebanon on behalf of the American bishops to express solidarity with the Lebanese people and to assess, from close at hand, possible ways of helping them as they endure Israeli air raids and a displacement crisis. Cardinal McCarrick, the Archbishop Emeritus of Washington, yesterday landed by helicopter in Beirut airport, where he was welcomed by the Vatican Nuncio Mgr Luigi Gatti and Mgr Roland Abou Jaude, the delegate of the Assembly of Patriarchs and Bishops of Lebanon. He immediately went to visit the Shiite neighbourhood of Nabha that was destroyed by Israeli... Asia News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1681265/posts#comment Thu, 10 Aug 2006 17:20:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1658810/posts Cardinal Theodore McCarrick's oral report on behalf of the Task Force of Catholic Bishops and Catholic Politicians, delivered at a meeting of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops on June 15, 2006, was a great disappointment. At a time when a fundamental truth -- that canon law is binding in every diocese and not to be implemented or ignored depending upon the personal preference of each diocesan bishop (or the influence of a particular Catholic politician) -- needs to be asserted unequivocally, and canon law needs to be implemented equally and emphatically, the soon-to-retire Cardinal's performance led to recall... Post Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1658810/posts#comment Sat, 1 Jul 2006 05:09:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1655728/posts I've been tipped off that some readers were looking for the video of Thursday's installation down in DC, but couldn't find it. Gratefully -- and especially as, for some mysterious reason, the fulltext of Archbishop Donald Wuerl's homily has yet to materialize -- KDKA in Pittsburgh has kept both the video of the 27-minute masterpiece of Wuerl's precise and resonant preaching and a "clean" (i.e. uncut, commentary-free) feed of the liturgy posted on its website. Note to KDKA: many thanks -- and please keep the video up as long as is humanly possible. To all of you who haven't... WITL http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1655728/posts#comment Mon, 26 Jun 2006 14:26:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1654340/posts WASHINGTON -- A crescendo of applause and alleluias greeted the Most Rev. Donald Wuerl as he followed a procession of priests and bishops into the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception to be installed as archbishop of Washington. Three thousand people filled the largest Catholic church in the Western Hemisphere to welcome him. They ranged from U.S. senators to recent immigrants. Metropolitan Maximos of the Greek Orthodox Diocese of Pittsburgh accompanied Archbishop Demetrios of North America as representatives of the Orthodox tradition. "In an age that so desperately needs to hear the gospel of life, to witness... Post Gazette http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1654340/posts#comment Fri, 23 Jun 2006 14:53:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1652122/posts WASHINGTON, June 19, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The task force appointed by the US Conference of Catholic Bishops to "study" the issue of whether or not to give communion to Catholic politicians who persistently hold positions at odds with Catholic teaching has released its final report this weekend. After years of deliberation and meetings, the verdict is in: bishops should decide for themselves. Theodore Cardinal McCarrick, the archbishop of Washington and head of the task force, reiterated the interim decision made by the US bishops at their meeting in Dallas in 2004. He said there was "no substitute for the local... LifeSiteNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1652122/posts#comment Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:19:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1650746/posts LOS ANGELES - U.S. Catholic bishops on Thursday ended years of soul searching over whether Catholic politicians who support abortion rights should be denied communion, leaving the decision with local bishops. Wrapping up a task force on Catholics in political life, chairman and Washington Cardinal Theodore McCarrick reiterated a policy approved by the bishops in 2004, adding that he was concerned about partisan politics seeping into Catholic life. The issue of communion for Catholic politicians who oppose fundamental Church teachings on the sanctity of human life divided U.S. Catholics and their bishops during the 2004 presidential campaign of John Kerry,... ABC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1650746/posts#comment Fri, 16 Jun 2006 20:50:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1651476/posts McCarrick fears a political poison seeping into church LOS ANGELES -- Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, a man both championed and disparaged as a political moderate within his Catholic Church, strode quietly to the podium Thursday to address 200 bishops gathered here for their annual conference. The former Newark Archbishop, known for diplomacy in matters political and personal, said he was worried that the partisan politics prevalent in the nation's capital, his home since 2001, have oozed into the church. "My concern is the fear that the intense polarization and bitter battles of partisan politics may be seeping into broader ecclesial life... Newark Star Ledger http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1651476/posts#comment Sun, 18 Jun 2006 17:05:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1645327/posts Wednesday, June 07, 2006 "A Man of the Center" As Archbishop-elect Donald Wuerl of Washington prepares to say his farewell Mass in his hometown this coming Sunday, the apostolic administrator of the archdiocese appeared on CNN earlier tonight, where he was effusively praised -- and rightfully so -- by none other than Wolf Blitzer. Fielding questions on immigration, the marriage amendment and the new phase of his ministerial journey, Cardinal Theodore McCarrick -- shown here at a DC Catholic school yesterday -- indicated that, in the debate on marriage, the prospect of civil unions was something "we can live... http://whispersintheloggia.blogspot.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1645327/posts#comment Thu, 8 Jun 2006 02:21:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1648231/posts WASHINGTON, D.C., June 12, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The just-retired Cardinal Archbishop of Washington, Theodore E. McCarrick has issued a "clarification" to remarks he made on CNN's The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer, which aired June 7, 2006. In the context of a discussion on the failed marriage amendment, the Cardinal brought up the issue of same-sex civil unions saying, "I think we can - we can live with that". When Blitzer followed-up on the point asking, "So just explain. You think that you could live with -- you could support civil unions between gays and lesbians, but you wouldn't like... LifeSiteNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1648231/posts#comment Tue, 13 Jun 2006 01:30:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1648069/posts Washington DC, Jun. 12, 2006 (CNA) - Cardinal Theodore McCarrick issued a clarification Friday on remarks he made during an interview on CNN’s The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer. The interview had generated some concern among many Catholics. The cardinal said he recognized that his remarks could have given the wrong impression to people who took them out of context. “I’m afraid that I misspoke last Wednesday when I was being interviewed on CNN,” the cardinal wrote, referring to the June 7 interview. The cardinal explained that he and Blitzer were discussing the proposed Federal Marriage Amendment that had yet... Catholic News Agency http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1648069/posts#comment Mon, 12 Jun 2006 20:46:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1645915/posts WASHINGTON, D.C., June 8, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) - "And it's 5:00 p.m. here in Washington. Does a Catholic cardinal agree with the Catholic Church, certainly against gay marriage? You might be surprised to see how he feels about same-sex civil unions." That was the teaser CNN's Wolf Blitzer used prior to airing his interview with Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, the outgoing Archbishop of Washington D.C. Cardinal McCarrick appeared last night on Blitzer's Situation Room in support of homosexual civil unions, while insisting that the definition of marriage itself be left alone. However, as the CNN host indicated before the interview, the Cardinal's... LifeSiteNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1645915/posts#comment Fri, 9 Jun 2006 00:15:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1632924/posts Bishop Wuerl Appointed Archbishop Of Washington (KDKA) PITTSBURGH Pope Benedict XVI has appointed Bishop Donald W. Wuerl to succeed Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick as archbishop of Washington D.C. Archbishop Pietro Sambi, apostolic nuncio to the United States, made the announcement Tuesday morning. Pope Benedict accepted the retirement of Cardinal McCarrick who had served in Washington since his appointment on Nov. 21, 2000. Archbishop-designate Wuerl will continue to serve as bishop of the Diocese of Pittsburgh until his installation as archbishop of Washington on June 22. "The decision of our Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, to transfer me to the Archdiocese... KDKA TV Pittsburgh http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1632924/posts#comment Tue, 16 May 2006 10:44:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1624461/posts Washington, D.C. -- Today, Senator Edward M. Kennedy joined Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid, Assistant Senate Democratic Leader Richard Durbin, and Cardinals Roger Mahony and Theodore McCarrick to push Congress to act by passing comprehensive immigration reform instead of criminalizing the 12 million immigrants living and working in the United States. Senator Kennedy said, "Our history teaches us that doing the right thing for people is also the right policy for our country. When we bring immigrants out of the shadows and into the sunshine of America, we improve their lives and make them less vulnerable to abuse. And in... Lard Ass Central http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1624461/posts#comment Mon, 1 May 2006 06:29:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1543744/posts Father Robert Hoatson, who recently filed a lawsuit against the New York and Newark archdioceses, is now the second priest to go on record as saying that Cardinal Theodore McCarrick abused his authority by "inviting" certain seminarians to sleep with him. (Father James Haley was the first priest to on record about the matter.) Then-Bishop McCarrick reportedly would have the seminarians sleep next to him, but did not engage in sexual activity with them. Recounts Father Hoatson: When I had decided to leave the Irish Christian Brothers to become a priest in 1994, the very first question I asked... Renew America http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1543744/posts#comment Tue, 20 Dec 2005 04:02:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1534191/posts Whistleblower priest Father James Haley, whom I quoted at length in a previous column, is now coming forward with information that certain mainstream veteran journalists have known for some time, but have thus far been unable to “prove”: Cardinal (then Bishop) Theodore McCarrick allegedly had “invited” certain seminarians to sleep in the same bed with him. Recounts Father Haley: “The story I know well is the story of Smith Jones [not his real name], former priest of Metuchen, now a successful lawyer, and a best friend of mine from the seminary of Mt. St. Mary's in Emmitsburg. After his sudden... MichNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1534191/posts#comment Mon, 5 Dec 2005 13:57:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1529497/posts As car fires (and nursery school fires, hospital fires and parish fires) still blaze in France, I’m reminded that recently, Pope Benedict XVI asked Muslim leaders to do something that many in the West have been clamoring for Muslim leaders to do: Make it very publicly clear that the kind of violence so prominent in the Islamic world is to be condemned and repudiated. One person to respond to the Pope’s call was King Abdullah of Jordan, who issued a strong statement condemning the Bronze-Age fanaticism of so many of his co-religionists, and calling for Muslims of good will to... National Catholic Register http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1529497/posts#comment Sun, 27 Nov 2005 23:36:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1529378/posts Gay priest: Vatican edict will force others away The Rev. Mariano Gargiulo, now an Episcopal priest in the Newark Archdiocese involved in a long-term relationship, said he believes an expected Vatican edict this week banning most gay men from entering the seminary also will force many priests from the clergy. "It will push many of them away," Gargiulo said of the document, expected to be released Tuesday. "The Vatican ... says that homosexuality is intrinsically disordered, and how many times can you be told that before you start to say, 'Hey, maybe I should go somewhere else.'"A report released by... Newark Star Ledger http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1529378/posts#comment Sun, 27 Nov 2005 19:07:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1497685/posts At the annual Red Mass this last weekend -- the mass so dubbed to symbolize the fire of the Holy Spirit -- Washington, D.C. Cardinal Theodore McCarrick spoke not of fearless truth-telling but of "civility." And what does he mean by civility? It would appear, judging by remarks he delivered at a Catholic University of America law school forum in September which featured King Abdullah II of Jordan, that civility means softpedaling Christian truth. While the text of McCarrick's talk was labeled "remarks," they were actually a "prayer" which followed an address by King Abdullah entitled, "Traditional Islam: The Path... American Spectator Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1497685/posts#comment Thu, 6 Oct 2005 14:48:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1495553/posts The Supreme Court opens its 2005-6 term on Monday with a new chief justice and amid speculation that President Bush is close to choosing someone to fill a second vacancy on the court. Pablo Martinez Monsivais/Associated Press President Bush, Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick and Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. after a Mass in honor of the new Supreme Court term. Mr. Bush planned to go to the court on Monday for the ceremony installing John G. Roberts Jr. as chief justice of the United States. The president and the chief justice attended a religious service honoring the legal profession... NYT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1495553/posts#comment Mon, 3 Oct 2005 06:41:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1495297/posts On the eve of the Supreme Court's new term, President Bush on Sunday attended a traditional worship service for the legal community while offering no clues about whether he had settled on a candidate to succeed retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.White House chief of staff Andy Card said the president was mulling his second nomination to the high court. The president is "still considering lots of options," he told reporters at the White House just after Bush returned from Camp David.Legal experts who are in touch with administration officials about the selection process say the president is most likely to... Yahoo News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1495297/posts#comment Sun, 2 Oct 2005 18:16:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1486295/posts “Traditional Islam: The Path to Peace” Address by King Abdullah II of Jordan Remarks by Cardinal Theodore McCarrick Archbishop of Washington and CUA Chancellor CUA Columbus School of Law Sept. 13, 2005 Your Majesty, King Abdullah Your Majesty Queen Rania Prince Ghazi Members of the delegation from the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Father President Distinguished guests from many faith communities Dear friends all, Your Majesty, A few months ago, when I was privileged to pray for you on another occasion in this capital city, I asked Allah, the compassionate and merciful Lord of all the world, to bless you and... Catholic University of America Public Affairs Website http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1486295/posts#comment Sat, 17 Sep 2005 11:08:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1400344/posts U.S. Roman Catholic bishops kicked off a nationwide campaign today urging their faithful to support legislation to aid immigrants, including measures to provide legal status to undocumented workers. "Our immigration system is broken and needs repair," said Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, the leader of the archdiocese of Washington, at a news conference announcing the effort. Officials said that as part of the campaign Catholic churches will be provided with outlines of sermons to be given on immigration. Speakers will also address Catholic lay groups on the subject, officials said. "Every diocese, hopefully, will have its own program," said McCarrick. The... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1400344/posts#comment Tue, 10 May 2005 17:38:26 GMT