McCarrick Cardinal Kevin Farrell, prefect of the Dicastery for Laity, gave a interview to the anti-Catholic AmericaMagazine.org (June 22). Highlights.
• Farrell believes he could be the last cleric in charge of the Dicastery for Laity
• Rumours about Francis’ resignation are “wishful thinking” of those “who oppose him.”
• His dicastery has 37 employees of which 33 are lay people [with much higher salaries than priests and religious].
• There are 109 international lay ecclesial movements under Farrell’s Dicastery.
• A “large percentage” of Church marriages, especially in rich nations, break down within a decade — in some countries, at a rate of over 50%.
• 2’000 participate in the 22-26 June Tenth World Meeting of Families; the first in Philadelphia in 2015 attracted over 1M.
• Farrell holds six appointments: Prefect, Camerlengo, President of the Commission for Reserved Matters, President of the Investment Committee, board member of APSA and of the Commission for the Vatican City State. …More