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  • In Houston, Cardinal Maradiaga is seen as a blessing; Friends say Houduran has traits to be Pope

    04/13/2005 10:33:38 PM PDT · by sinkspur · 14 replies · 265+ views
    Houston Chronicle ^ | 4/13/2005 | Tara Dooley
    Honduran Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga is a man some say could be the next pope. But to Nicole Medina, he is also family — an "uncle," willing to take time out of a busy schedule to offer the Houston college student advice over the phone and help her younger brother work out a difficult passage on the saxophone. Reuters Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga of Honduras has family, church and academic connections in Houston. . To Houston lawyer Terence O'Rourke, the cardinal is a colleague in the fight against the death penalty. He's also a friend who is not above sharing...
  • Potential Successors to Pope John Paul II

    04/03/2005 9:26:09 PM PDT · by iceemonster · 39 replies · 3,985+ views
    NPR Online ^ | April 2, 2005 | Barbara Bradley Hagerty
    NPR.org, April 2, 2005 · "Tip O'Neill was correct," says Father Tom Reese, editor in chief of America, the Catholic weekly magazine. "All politics is local... even in the Catholic Church." Reese suggests that instead of focusing on the possible papal candidates as a bookie would look at horses in the starting gate, try to think about the election from the point of view of the electors, the cardinals who cast the votes. "Each cardinal is thinking, how will this candidate go over in my diocese?" Reese says. "If you're from the Third World, you're concerned with people who are...