... the scholar.Many thanks for Peter Feuerherd's balanced profile of Cardinal Francis George His Eminence Francis Eugene Cardinal George, OMI, Ph.D, S.T.D. (born January 16, 1937) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He currently serves as the Archbishop of Chicago and was elevated to Cardinal by Pope John Paul II. . I became acquainted with George before he became a bishop, while he was running Cardinal Bernard Law's Institute for Faith and Culture in Cambridge, Massachusetts. I was impressed by him as a gentleman and a scholar, as well as a dedicated religious. When his term of office was up at the Institute, George was offered a job at Catholic University, but his provincial countermanded that assignment because he wanted George to lead a spiritual program for the laity at Our Lady of the Snows Our Lady of the Snows may refer to:
adj. 1. Prone to outbursts of temper; easily angered. 2. Characterized by or resulting from anger. [Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin terms. His response was: "Holy obedience, you know." Not too long after that he was appointed bishop of Yakima, and my soul was at peace again. I am somewhat bemused by the cardinal's critics who are so confident in their interpretation of Vatican II's pastoral renewal programs. I have written two books and more than fifty articles in academic journals on Vatican II, and I still cannot claim to understand the council in all its dimensions. Yet, on the basis of twenty years TWENTY YEARS. The lapse of twenty years raises a presumption of certain facts, and after such a time, the party against whom the presumption has been raised, will be required to prove a negative to establish his rights. 2. of research, I am confident in the type of leadership exhibited by Cardinal George. People who criticize him do not appreciate his intellectual depth (John Paul II John Paul II, 1920–2005, pope (1978–2005), a Pole (b. Wadowice) named Karol Józef Wojtyła; successor of John Paul I. He was the first non-Italian pope elected since the Dutch Adrian VI (1522–23) and the first Polish and Slavic pope. has the same problem). JOHN F. KOBLER, CP Chicago, Ill. |
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