Tag Archives: Card. Levada

New Prefect at CDF: Gerhard Ludwig Müller, Bishop of Regensburg

Posted on 2 July 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

As most of us expected, the resignation (because of the age limit) of the Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, William Card. Levada, has been accepted and the Holy Father has appointed Gerhard Ludwig Müller, 64, previously the … Continue reading →

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SSPX Bp. Fellay says “No” to Rome? Maybe so. Maybe not.

Posted on 26 June 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From the intrepid Andrea Tornielli at Vatican Insider with my emphases and comments:
The letter sent by the Secretary General of the Society of St. Pius X, outlining the hitches in the latest version of the text delivered by the Holy … Continue reading →

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Long interview with Card Levada about the mean Vatican picking on the nuns… NOT.

Posted on 15 June 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

My friend the nearly-ubiquitous John L Allen Jr (still alas with the Fiswrap) has a fascinating and long interview with the Prefect of the CDF Card. Levada about the LCWR and Sr Farley and “being mean to nuns”.
Must read.
Here is … Continue reading →

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Card Levada makes pointed comments about LCWR

Posted on 13 June 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

The nearly ubiquitous John L Allen, Jr., still and sadly writing for the Fishwrap, reports for the same the following. I insert some emphases and comments:
Vatican official warns of ‘dialogue of the deaf’ with LCWR [a subsidiary of the Magisterium … Continue reading →

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SSPX Bp. Fellay interviewed after CDF meeting today

Posted on 14 September 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From the site of the SSPX.  Here is the salient parts, as far as I can tell.  Read the whole thing there.
[...]When I stated on August 15 of this year that we were in agreement on the fact that we … Continue reading →

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A pessimistic article about SSPX and talks with Rome

Posted on 9 September 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

In Vatican Insider of La Stampa comes this.  My emphases and comments.
Beware: Weird translation.  You might have better success in Italian.  Or else the original French, more more nuanced, here.
Before a key meeting in Rome, the leader of the traditionalists … Continue reading →

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CDF speculations

Posted on 26 August 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

You might want to have a look at the intrepid Andrea Tornielli’s article in La Stampa (in English) about the proximate need for a a new Prefect for the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.  Card. Levada is coming … Continue reading →

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Card. Levada opines about the upcoming Assisi meeting

Posted on 9 July 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

The Assisi inter-faith meeting for peace.   All you have to do is mention it in some circles and the fireworks begin.
Benedict XVI, Pope of Christian Unity, has slated another meeting in Assisi, also an inter-faith gathering for peace.   It will … Continue reading →

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Card. Levada on the present clerical sexual abuser controversies

Posted on 31 March 2010 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

The former Archbishop of San Francisco, now CDF Prefect, His Eminence William Card. Levada, offered a piece to his former archdiocesan newspaper about the recent controversies.
His Eminence is now the head of the Vatican dicastery that handles the cases of … Continue reading →

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Card. Levada’s speech in Canada on Anglicanorum coetibus

Posted on 9 March 2010 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I am starting a lot of entries with anecdotes these days about old Vatican days.
I was speaking one day, some time ago, to high official involved in the Vatican’s efforts for Christian unity.  I pushed him, hard, on a question … Continue reading →

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