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That’s the surprising distinction that Pittsburgh Post-Gazette writer Ann Rodgers explores: The City of Champions can claim a new American title: No. 1 in producing cardinals for the Catholic Church. With the expected elevation of Cardinal-designate Donald Wuerl of Washington, D.C., four living cardinals will have grown up in the Diocese of Pittsburgh. Cardinal-designate Wuerl…

Hundreds of clergy gathered earlier this week for the first-ever joint convocation of priests and deacons in the Brooklyn Diocese. Boston’s Cardinal Sean O’Malley delivered the keynote (which contained the sterling quote in the headline).  The story, from “Currents,” below.

That would be Raymond Burke (though he now resides in Rome) and The Donald (Wuerl, of course). They are on the list of 24 new cardinals just announced.  Rocco reports: We have liftoff….. The list, in order: Amato, Naguib (Alexandria), Sarah, Monterisi, Baldelli, Burke, Koch, Sardi, Piacenza, DePaolis, Ravasi, Mazombwe (Lusaka ret.), Vela (ret. Quito),…

The prelate who’s sparked some controversy lately is explaining himself with this interview: The Catholic archbishop for the Twin Cities defended his right Monday to speak to fellow Catholics on social issues, and said a shrinking Roman Catholic church is no reason to consider a more liberal stance. Archbishop John Nienstedt sat down with The…
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