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Rumors from Rome

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Maybe my happy dance at rumors that Cardinal Pell was going to become Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops was premature.

Rorate Caeli reports:

La Ciguena de la Torre is claiming that Cardinal Pell has declined to accept the post of Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops, reportedly due to age (!) and ill-health. (It was reported earlier this year that the Cardinal had been fitted with a pacemaker.)

La Ciguena notes the rumor that with Cardinal Pell declining the appointment, the Congregation for Bishops will go to Leonardo Cardinal Sandri. Other rumors name Cardinal Ouellet. Well, we shall see…

If it turns out to be Cardinal Ouellet, I will be joyful for the Universal Church but sorry to see him leave us here in Canada.   I know nothing about Cardinal Sandri.  Anyone?

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Ecclesiastical Sundries

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Speculation on the Curia

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This is lifted straight from Rorate Caeli. If true, this is extremely good news. Fr Z concurs.

There is currently much talk in the blogosphere that George Cardinal Pell is a strong candidate to be the replacement of Cardinal Re in the Congregation for Bishops. Another name being mentioned is that of Giuseppe Bertelli, Apostolic Nuncio to Italy and San Marino.

In addition to the Congregation for Bishops, Cardinal Pell is also being mentioned as a possible Prefect for the Congregation of the Evangelization of Peoples (Propaganda Fide), succeeding Ivan Cardinal Dias, 73, who is said to have health problems. Another prelate sometimes spoken of as a future Curial head: Bishop Gerhard Ludwig Mueller of Regensburg, who is being mentioned as the probable successor of Walter Cardinal Kasper.

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