Pope’s high praise for Cardinal Sean O’Malley

Photo O’Malley is one of eight cardinals and the only North American representative on the pope’s committee to reform the Apostolic Constitution on the Roman Curia. The Rev. James Weiss, a professor …More
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O’Malley is one of eight cardinals and the only North American representative on the pope’s committee to reform the Apostolic Constitution on the Roman Curia. The Rev. James Weiss, a professor of church history at Boston College, said with most of the prestigious leadership appointments inside Vatican City already filled, O’Malley is now Francis’ key ally in America.
“As one of the eight cardinals selected to the committee to reform the church he needs O’Malley to have one foot in the U.S.,” Weiss said. “The pope is calling on him for his experience.”
Francis appointed 19 new bishops this week and has moved against conservative cardinals in favor of appointing moderates, experts said. Bretzke said this is a move towards transparency in the handling of sex assaults as well as in areas of church finance.
“Pope Francis is trying to, in a systematic way, reorganize Vatican culture, to change the way things were done from his immediate predecessors,” he said. “Not in a dramatic, flashy …More
holyrope 3
Both of you make excellent points.