B.O.O.M!
The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Salvatore Cordileone as the new archbishop of San Francisco. I can hear the wailing and gnashing of Prog teeth here in Nawlins'!
From Whispers in the Loggia:
After a half-century of occupants accused by conservatives of soft-pedaling church teaching in favor of a more conciliatory approach toward constituencies ranging from gays and lesbians to Nancy Pelosi -- a group of prelates among which even the recently-retired lead guardian of church doctrine, Cardinal William Levada, was not exempt from stinging criticism -- the move delivers the long-desired "Holy Grail" of the American Catholic Right firmly into the faction's hands, in the form of a prelate already known widely both for his forcefulness and a stringent doctrinal cred almost unequaled among his confreres on the national bench.
For liberal Catholics, meanwhile, the appointment is likely to be received as something akin to the city's Great Earthquake of 1906, or even more apocalyptic events. In a nutshell, an appointment of this dramatic, potentially explosive nature is enough to make even last year's blockbuster move in the States -- likewise a final US move of the Curia's annual work-cycle -- appear almost mild by comparison.
It's time to start praying and fasting for Bishop Cordileone!
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Wow, what an appointment. Go Holy Father. Am I the only one who thinks the good bishop ought to hire a bodyguard, though?
ReplyDeleteHe'll need a troupe of those albino ninja assassin-monks!
DeleteHe's been around the bay area for a few years...he knows how to hide :-). Too bad for Oakland, but I'm glad that he's staying in the area! Good Luck to him!
ReplyDeleteHe'll get lots of prayers from me. Honestly though, probably not nearly as much fasting.
ReplyDeleteThis will do a great deal to bring more light to bear on the contemporary left's pervasive hatred of everything good.