Posted on 10/20/2018 8:23:41 AM PDT by ebb tide
WASHINGTON — When Cardinal Daniel DiNardo of Galveston-Houston, the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, called for a “prompt and thorough examination” of questions posed by the scandal engulfing Archbishop Theodore McCarrick, he spoke on behalf of a lot of Catholics when he singled out one unresolved mystery.
Why, asked Cardinal DiNardo, did Archbishop McCarrick’s misconduct fail to impede “his advancement” from auxiliary bishop to bishop and from archbishop to cardinal?
Given the scope of the Catholic Church’s established process of identifying, vetting and appointing episcopal candidates, it is a puzzle that deserves careful examination. But some analysts would frame the problem a little differently: Did the failure to act on reports of Archbishop McCarrick’s alleged misconduct reflect problems with the Church’s process of appointing bishops, or were established practices ignored?
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IMO- This means that men who don’t mind McCarrick’s behavior controlled the process. The corruption runs deep and to the top.
Both the title link and the excerpt link are working for me in Firefox.
We should be like the people in that Diocese in Nigeria who rejected Pope Francis’ choice of Bishop. As I recall, Francis eventually gave up on his appointment.
Strange. I just re-tried and got this:
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I just tried again and both links work both in Firefox and Safari.
Try this:
http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/mccarrick-scandal-spotlights-bishops-appointment-process
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