'Vatileaks' sheds light on Cardinal George's role in politics
Photo ~ Cardinal Francis George listens as Pope Benedict XVI speaks at a Conference of Catholic Bishops in 2008 Photo credit: Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images 'Vatileaks' sheds light on Cardinal George's …More
Photo ~ Cardinal Francis George listens as Pope Benedict XVI speaks at a Conference of Catholic Bishops in 2008
Photo credit: Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images
'Vatileaks' sheds light on Cardinal George's role in politics
CHICAGO -- Reams of private Vatican correspondence published in a new Italian best-seller reportedly include a plea by Chicago's Cardinal Francis George, urging the Vatican to halt an award to Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn for abolishing the death penalty.
George appears to play a minor role in the real-life Vatican whodunit that the Italian press has dubbed "Vatileaks."
According to Vatican expert John Allen, the book (Your Holiness: The Secret Papers of Benedict XVI," a new book in which Italian writer Gianluigi Nuzzi airs a boatload of Vatican dirty laundry and hints of a real-life conspiracy akin to a Dan Brown novel.) includes what Nuzzi claims is an encrypted 2011 cable from the Apostolic Nuncio in Washington relaying a plea from George to Benedict's Secretary of State …More
Photo credit: Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images
'Vatileaks' sheds light on Cardinal George's role in politics
CHICAGO -- Reams of private Vatican correspondence published in a new Italian best-seller reportedly include a plea by Chicago's Cardinal Francis George, urging the Vatican to halt an award to Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn for abolishing the death penalty.
George appears to play a minor role in the real-life Vatican whodunit that the Italian press has dubbed "Vatileaks."
According to Vatican expert John Allen, the book (Your Holiness: The Secret Papers of Benedict XVI," a new book in which Italian writer Gianluigi Nuzzi airs a boatload of Vatican dirty laundry and hints of a real-life conspiracy akin to a Dan Brown novel.) includes what Nuzzi claims is an encrypted 2011 cable from the Apostolic Nuncio in Washington relaying a plea from George to Benedict's Secretary of State …More
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Kindly restrict your comments to the material contained in the news article. Even when an article from a secular source is critical of the Church, avoid making non-substantive remarks that are lacking in good reason which do nothing to counter the points made in the article itself. Ad hominem
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Agreed.
However, it makes one wonder at what kind of vetting process takes place not only with respect to awards given but in the appointment of bishops?More
Agreed.
However, it makes one wonder at what kind of vetting process takes place not only with respect to awards given but in the appointment of bishops?
However, it makes one wonder at what kind of vetting process takes place not only with respect to awards given but in the appointment of bishops?
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It was entirely appropriate for the archbishop of Chicago to warn an Italian Catholic organization against giving honors to an American public figure who opposes the Church's teachings. This is a matter of faith and morality, not "politics."