Daneels Out In Belgium, Traditionalist Is In!

[Skinzo]

The National Catholic Reporter is upset. The long rumored choice of Bishop Andre-Mutien Leonard of Namur as the new primate of Belgium is now official: http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2010/01/18/new-catholic-archbishop-of-brussels-raises-hackles-in-belgium/
From NCR:
"By some accounts, Léonard may represent a more dramatic change in tone. The Italian Vatican writer Andrea Tornielli reports that Léonard is considered “the most traditional of the Belgian bishops,” pointing out that almost three years ago the liberal French Catholic publication Golias sounded an alarm about the prospect that Léonard could be the new man in Brussels. The piece noted that Léonard had welcomed the decision of Benedict XVI to authorize wider celebration of the old Latin Mass, that he has come to the defense of Pope Pius XII, and that he has consistently taken sharply conservative positions in the European “culture wars” on matters such as homosexuality and gay marriage."

It is nice to note that Bishop Leonard offered the EF Liturgy at the Eucharistic Congress in 2008 in Quebec: http://www.newliturgicalmovement.org/2008/07/ef-at-eucharistic-congress.html

S.

Edited January 19, 2010 by Skinzo

[zunshynn]

Praise God!

[zunshynn]

Does that mean Daneels is no longer papabile either?

Edited January 19, 2010 by zunshynn

[Nihil Obstat]

[quote name='zunshynn' date='18 January 2010 - 10:11 PM' timestamp='1263874275' post='2040006']
Does that mean Daneels is no longer papabile either?
[/quote]
He is 76 now, so I suppose he is not.

[eagle_eye222001]

[quote]“is clearly a conscious choice for a totally different style and approach: for more radical decisiveness rather than quiet diplomacy, for more confrontation with the secular society instead of dialogue, reconciliation and the quiet confidence that the tide will ever turn.”
-Bert Claerhout, editor in chief of the Catholic weekly KERK&leven (Church and Life)[/quote]

Translation, this guy will stand up for his beliefs, and will not sell out in the name of political dialogue.


[quote name='Skinzo' date='18 January 2010 - 11:09 PM' timestamp='1263874142' post='2040001']
The National Catholic [s]Reporter [/s] [b]Distorter [/b]is upset.
[/quote]

Fixed

[quote name='zunshynn' date='18 January 2010 - 11:10 PM' timestamp='1263874231' post='2040005']
Praise God!
[/quote]

Iawtc

[Apotheoun]

[quote name='Nihil Obstat' date='18 January 2010 - 09:14 PM' timestamp='1263874455' post='2040007']
He is 76 now, so I suppose he is not.
[/quote]
Pope Benedict was 78 when he was elected, but I do not think that Daneels was ever really papabile.

[zunshynn]

This is true.

[Nihil Obstat]

[quote name='Apotheoun' date='18 January 2010 - 10:22 PM' timestamp='1263874976' post='2040011']
Pope Benedict was 78 when he was elected, but I do not think that Daneels was ever really papabile.
[/quote]
Oh, my mistake. I thought 75 was the cutoff. It must be 80 then.

[Ed Normile]

[quote name='Nihil Obstat' date='18 January 2010 - 11:28 PM' timestamp='1263875333' post='2040016']
Oh, my mistake. I thought 75 was the cutoff. It must be 80 then.
[/quote]

Hey that is also the age you have to endure end of life counseling under our proposed health care plan here in the states.

[Ed Normile]

I wonder who was the oldest Pope elected to ever viewed the white smoke rising?

ed

[Ash Wednesday]

National Catholic Reporter says:

National Catholic Register says:

[Ed Normile]

[quote name='Ash Wednesday' date='19 January 2010 - 12:01 AM' timestamp='1263877265' post='2040030']
National Catholic Reporter says:

National Catholic Register says:
[/quote]

Ok, what does it say, or is this a teaser for a future post?

ed

[King's Rook's Pawn]

[quote name='Nihil Obstat' date='18 January 2010 - 11:28 PM' timestamp='1263875333' post='2040016']
Oh, my mistake. I thought 75 was the cutoff. It must be 80 then.
[/quote]

There's no age limit to being elected pope. Bishops must submit resignations for retirement at 75 and cardinals are ineligible to participate in conclaves once they reach 80. These limits were imposed by Pope Paul VI.

[King's Rook's Pawn]

[quote name='Ed Normile' date='18 January 2010 - 11:50 PM' timestamp='1263876640' post='2040022']
I wonder who was the oldest Pope elected to ever viewed the white smoke rising?
[/quote]

According to [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ages_of_popes"]Wikipedia[/url], the oldest pope at election was Clement X, who was 86 when he was elected in 1670. The [i]youngest[/i] pope at election was either John XII, who was 18, or Benedict IX, who was somewhere between 11 and 20.

[Apotheoun]

[quote name='Nihil Obstat' date='18 January 2010 - 09:28 PM' timestamp='1263875333' post='2040016']
Oh, my mistake. I thought 75 was the cutoff. It must be 80 then.
[/quote]
Actually, I do not believe that there is any age limit for being elected as bishop of Rome, but there is an age limit applied to voting members of the College of Cardinals (80 years).