Neo-Cardinal Will Not Dress As Cardinal: "Synod Is about Fundamental Transformation of Church"
"I think this synod is about a fundamental transformation of the Church." Radcliffe dreams that the Church, which has hardly any faithful left in the West, is "becoming more and more a Church of the people".
Asked about the attire that goes with being a cardinal, Radcliffe said he had asked Francis if he could be excused from wearing the cardinal's gear:
"I got a very beautiful message from him saying that he entirely understood and I am dispensed from wearing the more elaborate clothes."
The cardinal's gear is less "elaborate" than the Dominican habit.
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