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Texas, South more visible, bishop says
By SUSAN DE MATTEO
TYLER
– The impending elevation of Archbishop Daniel DiNardo of
Galveston-Houston to cardinal will give the church in Texas an
“incredible” visibility at the Vatican, and to Pope Benedict XVI, said
Bishop Álvaro Corrada, SJ.
Archbishop
DiNardo was one of 23 new cardinals named by Pope Benedict Oct. 17. He
was one of only two named from the U.S., along with Archbishop John P.
Foley, and the only one who will actually serve in the U.S.
Cardinal-designate Foley is grand master of the Knights of the Holy
Sepulcher and will serve in Rome.
Archbishop
DiNardo also is the first cardinal named not only for Texas, but for
the South as a whole. He will be only the second cardinal in a see west
of the Mississippi River, joining Cardinal Roger M. Mahony of Los
Angeles. With his naming, Galveston-Houston becomes the first new
cardinalatial see created since 1967, when Pope Paul VI elevated
Archbishop Patrick O’Boyle of Washington, D.C., to the College of
Cardinals.
All of
this, said Bishop Corrada, goes toward explaining just how important
Texas has become in the U.S. church, and to the pope.
“We have
to understand,” the bishop said, “that it is not the Vatican, as such,
that names cardinals, but the pope himself. The naming of cardinals is
his personal prerogative. Oh, he may seek advice from the Curia, but
that’s all. The pope himself selects who will be named, and the
selections always reflect his personal concerns, his interests and his
priorities.
“So in
the naming of Archbishop DiNardo as a cardinal, first of all, it is a
very important, very personal gift from Pope Benedict to the people
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Prince of Peace breaks ground for new church
By JIM D'AVIGNON
TYLER – “We gather in this place,” Bishop Álvaro Corrada, SJ, said, “to break ground for a new church.”
He
opened his arms to the approximately 150 people gathered for Mass in a
field in front of Whitehouse High School Oct. 20, the gold threads in
his green vestments glittering in the slanting late-afternoon sun, and
added, “We are celebrating holy Mass here in Whitehouse under a tend on
the grounds where will be built the church of
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First Texas cardinal named
VATICAN
CITY (CNS) – Pope Benedict XVI named 23 new cardinals, including U.S.
Archbishop John P. Foley, grand master of the Knights of the Holy
Sepulcher, and U.S. Archbishop Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston,
the first cardinal from a Texas diocese.
The pope
announced the names at the end of his weekly general audience Oct. 17
and said he would formally install the cardinals during a special
consistory at the Vatican Nov. 24.
Cardinal-designate Foley was in St. Peter's Square when the announcement was made; he told Catholic News Service he had gone into the square, wading into the midst of the crowd, after going to a doctor's appointment.
While
rumors were running strong that the pope would name cardinals at the
end of the audience and his nomination was almost a given,
Cardinal-designate Foley said he was shocked to be the second name
announced by the pope. The order in which the cardinals are announced
determines their seniority in the College of Cardinals, which has
little practical effect except in liturgical processions.
Naming
18 cardinals under the age of 80, the age limit set for voting in a
papal conclave, Pope Benedict said he was setting aside the limit of
120 potential papal electors established by Pope Paul VI and confirmed
by Pope John Paul II.
After the new cardinals are installed in late November, there will be 121 potential voters.
The 23 new cardinals will bring the total membership of the College of Cardinals to 202.
The
nomination of Cardinals-designate Foley and DiNardo brings to 17 the
number of U.S. cardinals; after the consistory, the U.S. contingent
will include 13 potential papal electors.
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God expresses love through liturgy, Tyler conferees told
By SUSAN DE MATTEO
TYLER
– The liturgy is the means by which God expresses his love for his
people and they deepen their love for him, said speakers at the annual
Discipleship Conference, held Oct. 26-27 in Tyler.
Almost
400 people from throughout the diocese attended the conference, which
included talks and workshops in English and Spanish.
Bishop
Álvaro Corrada, SJ, one of the keynote speakers, told participants they
must “fall in love with the liturgy” if they hope to truly understand
God’s love for them and grasp the nature of the Trinity.
“The
liturgy is God’s work,” he said. “It is nothing we do, it is what God
does. It is the loving will of God toward the human person, his love
and will to save us. For that reason, the Father sent the Son to become
incarnate, to live as one of us and to die for us. At the end of his
earthly life, he returned to the heaven, to the Father, and sent the
Holy Spirit to guide the church.
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