Getting Catholic the red Schools hat Week Benedict Schools celebrate names 15 new with activities in cardinals, page 3 Around the , page 4 www.ErieRCD.org BI-WEEKLY NEWS BULLETIN OF THE DIOCESE OF ERIE March 5, 2006 Church Calendar Events of the local, American and universal church Rite of Election – March 5 By Jason Koshinskie Candidates and catechumens participating in the FaithLife editor Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) Exploring the Catechism: The following excerpt is taken from Beginning with this season of Lent, 50 parishes in the Erie Session 1 of Why Catholic? program at their parishes will celebrate the Rite Diocese are asking, Why Catholic? It’s not too late! of Election on March 5, Why Catholic? is a four-year program that focuses on Scripture If your is not the first Sunday of Lent. As Catholics, we believe that [t]he desire for God is written on the conducting the Why related to the Catechism of the . Small faith-sharing human heart because God creates us and constantly draws us to Catholic? program or you All new members of the groups will meet once a week during two six-week sessions each Catholic Church will be deeper communion (27). There is within each person an internal desire missed the sign-up day year. for God, a deep yearning for the holy. and would like to be part received into their own Recently, 400 people completed facilitator training conducted parishes at the Easter Vigil of a small faith-sharing by Sr. Nancy Fischer, diocesan director of community formation group, contact Sr. Nancy April 15. The Rite of Scripture: Pondering the Word Luke 12:32-34 and lay ministry training, and RENEW International, which pro- Fischer, diocesan direc- Election formally acknowl- tor of community forma- duces the Why Catholic? program. Sharing question: Planted deeply within us is the desire for our treas- edges the readiness of those preparing to receive RENEW’s mission is to “foster spiritual renewal, evangeliza- tion and lay ministry the sacraments of initiation—baptism, confirma- ure, a God who loves us. In what ways have I experienced an internal training, at 814.824.1217 tion and the transformation of the world through parish-based yearning for God? Be specific. tion and the Eucharist. In the Erie Diocese, the small Christian communities.” RENEW International has been or e-mail Rite of Election will be celebrated at two sites. [email protected]. well received in the diocese through its past programs. said Bishop Donald Trautman. “We have contemporary ques- Bishop Donald W. Trautman will preside at St. “So far the sign-ups have been good,” said Sr. Fischer. Peter , Erie, and Vicar General Msgr. tions that arise and our people are not familiar with the answers The first year, sessions will cover beliefs professed in the to these questions. This program will help people in their under- Robert Smith will preside at St. Joseph Parish, Apostles’ Creed. Force. standing of the Catholic faith. My hope is that this will lead to a “Today there is so much misunderstanding about the faith,” new witnessing of the faith.” U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops National Advisory Council meeting, Baltimore — March 9-12. In January, sixteen new St. Andrew to join in multi-parish school effort at OLC members were added to the Conference of Erie elemen- St. Andrew School scholarships Catholic Bishops’ National tary school to As an incentive to send any of their children Advisory Council, a 63- currently attending St. Andrew School to OLC member body which meets close at end of or another , families will receive semi-annually to review doc- academic year three-year scholarships: umentation and offer recom- Number of To To other mendations concerning matters before the United By Jason Koshinskie children OLC Catholic school States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). FaithLife editor 1 1,000 800 2 or more 1,500 1,200 U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops The Diocese of Erie, in Administrative Committee meeting, collaboration with Our a different need in the neigh- this is that school has been Washington — March 14-16. Lady’s Christian School borhood. Students would be part of the parish for 75 (OLC) and St. Andrew eligible to apply for tuition years,” he said. “There is a Feast Day of St. Patrick – March 17 Elementary School, special spirit about our St. Patrick is the patron assistance through the announced Feb. 16 that STAR Foundation, which parish and our school. We saint of the Erie Diocese. beginning with the 2006-07 want to nurture that in Photo by Jason Koshinskie In order to celebrate the provides tax credits to busi- academic year, students at nesses supporting Catholic terms of the new school our After meeting with St. Andrew parents Feb. 16, Pastor Msgr. patronal feast of the dio- St. Andrew will be encour- students will go to. I hope Richard Sullivan (left) and Fr. Jay Schultz, vicar for education cese, which falls on a education. aged to attend OLC as St. After meeting with St. people will want to be part for the Erie Diocese, made the multi-parish school announce- Friday during Lent, Bishop Andrew School will close of the life of the parish and ment at a news conference at St. Mark Catholic Center. Donald Trautman has Andrew parents Feb. 16, this June. Msgr. Richard Sullivan, pas- this multi-parish school.” granted a special dispensa- “Our Lady’s Christian Parents worked behind attend OLC. Those cese has access to a Catholic tion. Catholics in the dio- tor, and Fr. Schultz made has been a multi-parish the joint announcement. the scenes for the past sever- enrolling at OLC will school that has a quality pro- cese will be dispensed from abstinence on Friday, school for a number of al years, along with the receive $1,000 per year for gram and a desk available at March 17 but only provided they observe absti- The multi-parish school years, serving students from model is in place in many parish and the diocese, to one child in a family and an affordable price,” he said. nence on the day before, March 16, as a substi- both St. Jude the Apostle unearth every opportunity $1,500 for two or more chil- Fr. Schultz also addressed tute. areas of the country, Fr. Parish and St. Julia Parish, Schultz said, and is “already to keep St. Andrew School dren through the 2008-09 the future of Catholic schools said Fr. Jay Schultz, vicar very successful in the Erie in operation, Msgr. Sullivan school year. Families who in the diocese. Confirmation at St. Titus Parish, Titusville – for education, at a news elect to enroll their children March 19 Diocese” in DuBois and St. said. Two years ago, St. “The diocese is hard at conference detailing the Marys. “I think you’re see- Andrew introduced multi- in different Catholic ele- work on a comprehensive agreement. “St. Andrew ing a glimpse of the future age classrooms. mentary schools will plan that we hope to unveil in Parish will now become a for Catholic schools,” he “It was a very good edu- receive $800 for one child January 2007 that will take third partner in the arrange- said. cational experience, but it or $1,200 for two or more care of all of our schools in ment.” Msgr. Sullivan cited did not increase our enroll- children. the 13 counties in northwest DidYou While St. Andrew changing demographics as a ment,” Msgr. Sullivan said. During the news con- Pennsylvania,” he said. “In School will no longer offer major reason for the deci- Students currently ference, Fr. Schultz said the many ways, this is the biggest classes to students in grades sion, noting enrollment had enrolled at St. Andrew mission of the diocese’s step we’ve ever taken in the Know ? 1-8, it hopes to develop an decreased from 150 students School will receive scholar- Office of Education last 150 years, as far as early childhood education two years ago to 97 this ships from St. Andrew remains the same. Catholic schools go. We think program for children ages 3 year. Parish over the next three “We want to ensure we have solutions to the long- to 5 at the facility, meeting “What’s difficult about years as an incentive to that every child in our dio- term problems that face us.” Lent is the Old English word for spring. In almost all other languages, Lent’s name is a derivative of the Latin term quadragesima or “the forty days.” Pope Benedict XVI’s message for Lent O’Brien family from VATICAN CITY (CNS) – world’s population, indif- The following excerpts are ference and self-centered St. Joseph’s in Sharon taken from Pope Benedict isolation stand in stark con- XVI’s message for Lent trast to the gaze of Christ. 2006: Fasting and almsgiving, featured in Faith For a printable Lenten calendar, visit which, together with Continuing its year-long www. ErieRCD.org. Sponsored by the “Jesus, at the sight of the prayer, the church proposes exploration of the corporal Parish Social Ministry/Respect Life Office crowds, was moved with in a special way during the and spiritual works of pity” (Mt 9:36) of Catholic Charities, the calendar pro- Lenten season, are suitable mercy, Faith magazine will means for us to become use Lent as the background vides a Scripture verse, reflection and Dear Brothers and Sisters! conformed to this gaze. to delve into what it means activity suggestion for each day of Lent. The examples of the saints to “comfort the sorrowful” Lent is a privileged time of and the long history of the in its March/April issue. interior pilgrimage toward church’s missionary activi- “We’ve had some com- him who is the Fount of ty provide invaluable indi- pelling cover stories in the Mercy. It is a pilgrimage in cations of the most effec- past, but I think this one will which he himself accompa- for this message the tive ways to support devel- stay with people for awhile,” nies us through the desert of Gospel text: “Jesus, at the opment. Even in this era of says Anne-Marie Welsh, our poverty, sustaining us sight of the crowds, was global interdependence, it editor. “Paul and Tina The March/April cover of on our way toward the moved with pity” (Mt is clear that no economic, O’Brien were so generous in Faith magazine. intense joy of Easter. Even 9:36). social or political project sharing the story of how in the “valley of darkness” can replace that gift of self they rebuilt their lives after this kind of situation.” of which the psalmist In this light, I would like to to another through which an unimaginably difficult In addition, Faith visits speaks (Ps 23:4), while the pause and reflect upon an charity is expressed. Those loss.” FaithLife editor Jason with school officials in St. tempter prompts us to issue much debated today: who act according to the Koshinskie wrote the story Marys for an inside look at despair or to place a vain the question of develop- logic of the Gospel live the after Fr. Phil Oriole, pastor how the community man- hope in the work of our ment. Even now, the com- faith as friendship with at Mount Calvary Parish in aged its shift from three ele- own hands, God is there to passionate gaze of Christ God Incarnate and, like Erie, brought it to his atten- mentary schools to one ele- guard us and sustain us. continues to fall upon indi- him, bear the burden of the tion. mentary and one middle Yes, even today the Lord viduals and peoples. He material and spiritual needs The magazine will also school. They maintain that hears the cry of the multi- watches them, knowing of their neighbors. They present a feature on Rose their ongoing commitment tudes longing for joy, peace that the divine plan see it as an inexhaustible Graham, director of devel- of prayer to the Holy Spirit and love. As in every age, includes their call to salva- mystery, worthy of infinite opment for the Catholic smoothed the way for a suc- they feel abandoned. Yet, tion. Jesus knows the perils care and attention. They Charities Office of the Erie cessful transition. even in the desolation of that put this plan at risk, know that he who does not Diocese, who has spent sev- Faith is scheduled to misery, loneliness, violence and he is moved with pity give God gives too little; as eral weeks working with the arrive in homes by March and hunger that indiscrimi- for the crowds. He chooses Blessed Teresa of Calcutta Diocese of Lake Charles in 17. All households regis- nately afflicts children, to defend them from the frequently observed, the Louisiana, kick-starting a tered in the Erie Diocese adults and the elderly, God wolves even at the cost of worst poverty is not to program to help them get receive a copy, free of does not allow darkness to his own life. The gaze of know Christ. Therefore, we back on their feet in the charge. If you are not receiv- prevail. In fact, in the words Jesus embraces individuals must help others to find wake of Hurricane Rita. ing one, or would like to of my beloved predecessor, and multitudes, and he God in the merciful face of “You can still see vehi- have one additional copy of Pope John Paul II, there is a brings them all before the Christ. Without this per- cles on their sides, buildings the magazine sent to a mem- “divine limit imposed upon Father, offering himself as spective, civilization lacks a that crashed into other ber of your immediate fami- evil,” namely, mercy a sacrifice of expiation. solid foundation. buildings and houses that ly serving in the military, in (“Memory and Identity,” were swept 15 miles from prison or attending college, pp. 19ff). It is with these In the face of the terrible To read the complete text of their original locations,” please call Brenda Williams, thoughts in mind that I challenge of poverty Pope Benedict’s message for Graham says. “You certain- circulation manager, at have chosen as my theme afflicting so much of the Lent, visit www.ErieRCD.org. ly gain a new perspective in 814.824.1160. Vatican says number of priests increases, but varies by continent By the Way... By John Thavis ans through 2004, the last year shows that Asia added more over 113,000 in 2004, an Catholic News Service for which statistics are available. than 1,400 priests over that increase of more than 670 from It said the number of priests period and Africa added 840. 2003. Africa and Asia again VATICAN CITY — The in the world was 405,891 at the The situation was relatively sta- showed the greatest increases, Msgr. Tom McSweeney number of priests and seminari- end of 2004, an increase of 441 ble in North and South while Europe continued to evi- recently returned from a meet- ans in the world continues to from 2003. About two-thirds America and Oceania, while dence a “clear decline,” the ing at the request of the increase, but the situation varies were diocesan priests and one- Europe showed a decrease of Vatican said. Archdiocese of New York widely from continent to conti- third members of religious nearly 1,900 priests. The global population of with Sirius satellite radio. nent, the Vatican said. The most orders. The number of seminari- Catholics reached nearly 1.1 bil- Under the direction of the positive signs come from Asia The global breakdown ans in the world rose to just lion at the end of 2004, an Archdiocese, Sirius is look- and Africa, while Europe has increase of about 12 million, or ing to add an all-Catholic shown a marked decline in about 1.1 percent, from 2003. channel to its array of priestly vocations, according to a Increase in Priests Over the same period, however, music, news, sports, talk and Feb. 18 statement from the the general population increased Globally, priests and seminarians show an increase in entertainment offerings. Vatican press office. at a faster rate, from 6.3 billion Msgr. McSweeney, direc- The statistics were released numbers; however, the total Catholic population has to 6.4 billion. As a result, the dropped as a percentage of the total world population. number of Catholics as a per- tor of evangelization for Jason Koshinskie in connection with the presenta- communications and public tion of the 2006 edition of the centage of the total population 2003 2004 dropped from about 17.2 per- relations for the Erie Vatican yearbook, known as the Diocese, parochial administrator of Holy Trinity Parish in Annuario Pontificio, which cata- Priests 405,450 405,891 cent to about 17.1 percent. logs the church’s pastoral pres- < The Vatican said the number Erie and former director of the Christophers, has been tapped to help provide some of the channel’s content and ence diocese-by-diocese. 112,373 113,044 of permanent deacons contin- Pope Benedict XVI met with Seminarians < ued to grow, increasing by about programming. Although details have yet to be finalized, editors of the volume and praised 2.5 percent in the period 2003- plans call for to host a weekly one-hour inter- them for their work. It was the Total Catholic 1.086 < 1.098 2004. At the end of 2004, there view show on the as-yet-to-be-named channel that will soon first edition of the yearbook Population billion billion were more than 32,300 perma- be launched. Sirius currently provides 125 satellite radio issued under his pontificate. (17.2%*) (17.1%*) nent deacons in the world. channels to more than 3 million subscribers. Stay tuned for In its statement, the press * of total world population The Vatican issues a sepa- more information. office referred to data on church Source: Annuario Pontifi cio 2006 rate statistical yearbook later in This year’s Chrism Mass will be celebrated April 10, the population, priests and seminari- ©2006 CNS the year. Monday of Holy Week, at St. Peter Cathedral in Erie. At the Mass, Bishop Donald Trautman will bless the oils used for catechumens and anointing of the sick and sacred oil of NEWS BRIEFS chrism for baptism, confirmation and ordination. The oils will then be distributed to each parish in the diocese. Last U.S. PEOPLE year’s Chrism Mass was celebrated at St. Callistus Parish in Kane. World poverty is focus of Lenten ‘Offering of More than 100,000 gather at Fatima to watch The Parish Social Ministry/Respect Life Office of Letters’ campaign reburial of Sister Lucia Catholic Charities has produced a printable Lenten calen- dar that is available on the diocesan Web site at WASHINGTON (CNS) — Bread for the World, the Christian citi- www.ErieRCD.org. The calendar provides a Scripture verse, zens’ anti-hunger lobby, will tackle world poverty in its annual reflection and activity suggestion for each day of Lent. It’s a Lenten “Offering of Letters” campaign. Under the theme “One great reminder to stick on the fridge at home or bulletin Spirit, One Will, Zero Poverty,” Bread for the World is asking for let- board at work. ters to advance its One Campaign, which seeks to fight extreme Even though it will be a Friday during Lent, you can still poverty, hunger and HIV/AIDS in the developing world. Each year have corned beef and cabbage on St. Patrick’s Day. congregations have been asked to send letters to members of Because St. Patrick is the patron saint of the diocese, Bishop Congress asking them for legislative action relevant to the goals out- Trautman has granted a special dispensation for the feast lined that year by Bread for the World. The letters are typically writ- ten by church members after church services, then placed in the offer- day. Thursday, March 16 may be substituted as a day of tory collection the following Sunday to be dedicated to God and abstinence. For those not substituting March 16, St. accompanied by special prayers for hungry people. Legislatively, the Patrick’s Day remains a day of abstinence. letter campaign is calling for an increase in poverty-focused develop- ment assistance for poor countries in the federal budget for fiscal year Jason Koshinskie is editor of FaithLife. Contact him at 2007 with hopes that by fiscal year 2010 an additional 1 percent of [email protected] or 814.824.1171. the federal budget will go to such assistance.

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The intersection of faith, sex & culture in Pope Benedict’s first encyclical Editor’s note: The following commen- satisfies. So many of us have As Benedict insists, Christianity does not meant to provide a small fore- have any right to boast, we boast tary is part of Christopher West’s syni- searched in vain for love in this these two main parts “blow the whistle” on taste of the eternal joys that only in Christ, in his love for us dicated “Body Language” series. pornified world. We’ve eaten are “profoundly inter- erotic love. It seeks to res- await us in heaven. But beware and in what he has revealed to us out of a dumpster in attempts to connected.” There’s no cue it from degradation, the counterfeits. “An intoxicated about the meaning of being By Christopher West satisfy our hunger. Without place here for a false to “heal it and restore it to and undisciplined eros,” the human. wagging a finger at anyone, division between true grandeur,” he says. Holy Father observes, “is not an Benedict XVI didn’t come In his much-awaited first Pope Benedict’s encyclical pres- church teaching on sex- The “contemporary way ascent in ‘ecstasy’ towards the up with this. He’s just passing encyclical, God is Love, (promul- ents the banquet of love we’re ual ethics and social of exalting the body is Divine, but a fall, a degradation along in love what the church gated Christmas Day but offi- made for. justice. If we want to Christopher West deceptive. Eros, reduced of man.” has received from her bride- cially released Jan. 25), it seems He divides the letter into work for social justice, we must to pure ‘sex,’ has become a com- Love is indeed “ecstasy,” the groom. As Benedict himself Pope Benedict XVI wants to two main parts. The first part, in first do justice to the fundamen- modity. This is hardly man’s great pope tells us, but not in a hedo- states, “eros…seeks God and proclaim to the world that the which he explores the relation- tal social unit—the relationship ‘yes’ to the body.” nistic sense. If ecstasy means “to agape…passes on the gift church—despite all of the sup- ship between erotic and divine of man and woman and the In order to restore erotic go out of oneself,” then love is received.” posed anti-sex sentiment—has a love—“eros” and “agape” in family that springs from their love’s true grandeur, we must ecstasy as “an ongoing exodus Thanks, your Holiness, for vision of erotic love far more Greek—is more “speculative,” love. experience the purification of eros out of the closed inward-looking passing on the gift. glorious than anything Sigmund he says (in the sense that he is Does the Catholic Church by agape. As this happens—that self towards its liberation Freud, Hugh Hefner, Dr. Ruth offering a prayerful meditation, do justice to the love of man and is, as we allow erotic love to be through self-giving, and thus Christopher West is a research or Howard Stern could dream or not that he’s giving us half- woman? Benedict observes that informed and transformed by towards authentic self-discovery fellow and faculty member of the imagine. baked theories). Based on these Christianity is often criticized divine love—eros is able “to pro- and indeed the discovery of Theology of the Body Institute in His words are tender, firm, meditations, the second part of for being opposed to the body vide not just fleeting pleasure, but God.” West Chester, Pa. He is the author of clear, compassionate and poetic. the letter offers a “more con- and sex. While he admits such a certain foretaste of the pinnacle Pope Benedict’s encyclical “Good News About Sex and The text reads like the letter of a crete” treatment of how the tendencies have always existed, of our existence, of that beatitude makes a person proud to be Marriage,” “Theology of the Body loving father to his children, pre- church is called to exercise the the pope demonstrates that neg- for which our whole being Catholic. Does any other reli- for Beginners” and “Theology of the senting an invitation to men and commandment of love of neigh- ativity toward the body and sex yearns,” Benedict states. gion on the planet have such an Body Explained.” Visit women everywhere to open bor and work for a just social is, in all truth, foreign to authen- What joy! Sexual love in ennobling view of the human wwwChristopherWest.com for more their hearts to the love that truly order. tic Christian belief and practice. God’s plan is so glorious that it is person and of sexual love? 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List of 15 new cardinals named Feb. 22

Pope names 15 new cardinals, including two from U.S. — U.S. Archbishop William J. Levada, 69, of the By John Thavis and said he would celebrate mum of 120. Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Catholic News Service Mass with the cardinals March The appointment of — 25, the feast of the Archbishop O’Malley, 61, gives Slovenian Archbishop , 71, prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of and Societies of VATICAN CITY — In Annunciation of the Lord. the Archdiocese of Boston a Apostolic Life. his first set of major appoint- It will be the first gathering resident cardinal after more ments, Pope Benedict XVI of the than three years. Cardinal — Italian Archbishop , 65, prefect of the Supreme named 15 new cardinals, since they elected Pope Bernard F. Law resigned in late Court of the Apostolic Signature, the Vatican’s highest tribunal. including U.S. Archbishops Benedict last April. 2002 in the wake of controversy William J. Levada, head of Smiling as he made his CNS photo over how he handled clerical — Venezuelan Archbishop Jorge Urosa Savino of Caracas, 63. the Vatican’s doctrinal con- announcement, the pope said Cardinal-elect William J. Levada, sex abuse allegations in Boston, gregation, and Sean P. the new cardinals reflect the left, and Boston Cardinal-elect Sean and he is now archpriest of the — Filipino Archbishop Guadencio Rosales of Manila, 73. P. O'Malley. O’Malley of Boston. universality of the church. Basilica of St. Mary Major in — The pope announced the “In fact, they come from world, and three are prelates . Archbishop O’Malley, a French Archbishop Jean-Pierre Ricard of Bordeaux, 61. names at the end of his gen- every part of the world and over age 80 being honored for Capuchin Franciscan, has head- — Spanish Archbishop Antonio Canizares Llovera of Toledo, 60. eral audience Feb. 22 and carry out diverse duties in serv- their service to the church. ed the archdiocese since 2003. said he would formally ice to the people of God,” the Of those named, 12 were Cardinal-designate Levada, — Korean Archbishop Nicholas Cheong Jin-Suk of Seoul, 74. install the cardinals at a spe- pope said. under the age of 80 and thus eli- 69, was appointed last May as cial consistory March 24. The new cardinals repre- gible to vote in a . the pope’s successor to head the — U.S. Archbishop Sean P. O’Malley of Boston, 61. The pope also convened sent 11 countries from five con- After the installation ceremony, Congregation for the Doctrine the entire College of tinents. Three are Vatican offi- the college is expected to number of the Faith. He had previously — Polish Archbishop Stanislaw Dziwisz of Krakow, 66, the longtime Cardinals for a day of reflec- cials, nine are heads of 193, with the number of voting served as archbishop of San personal secretary of Pope John Paul II. tion and prayer March 23 or archdioceses around the members once again at its maxi- Francisco and Portland, Ore. — Italian Archbishop Carlo Caffarra of , 67. U.S. contingent will number 15 — Chinese Bishop Ze-kiun of , 74.

VATICAN CITY -- After the March 24 Other U.S. cardinals under 80 are: — Italian Archbishop Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo, arch- consistory for the creation of new cardi- — Edward M. Egan of New York. priest of the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls, 80. nals, 15 of the 193 members of the — Francis E. George of Chicago. College of Cardinals will be from the — William H. Keeler of Baltimore. — Retired Ghanaian Archbishop Peter Poreku Dery of Tamale, 87. United States. — Bernard F. Law, archpriest of Rome's — Pope Benedict XVI expanded the U.S. Basilica of St. Mary Major and retired French Jesuit Father , former secretary of the Pontifical Biblical Commission, 82. contingent in the college Feb. 22 when archbishop of Boston. he announced he would give the red hat — Roger M. Mahony of . What does a cardinal do? to Archbishop William J. Levada, prefect — Adam J. Maida of Detroit. of the Congregation for the Doctrine of — Theodore E. McCarrick of Washington. — VATICAN CITY -- The cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church the Faith and former archbishop of San of . have two key jobs, advising the current pope and electing a new Francisco, and to Archbishop Sean P. — J. Francis Stafford, head of the pope. The cardinals as a body offer their advice to the pope in O'Malley of Boston. Apostolic Penitentiary and former arch- two ways: After the consistory, the U.S. contin- bishop of Denver. gent will be second in size only to the — Edmund C. Szoka, president of the — Through their membership in Vatican congregations or other Italians. Of the 15 U.S. cardinals, 13 will commission that governs Vatican City departments of the , the church's central administra- be under age 80 and eligible to vote in a State and former archbishop of Detroit. tive offices. conclave to elect a new pope. — U.S. Cardinal William W. Baum, for- Two U.S. cardinals over age 80 are: Through their membership in the College of Cardinals, which mer archbishop of Washington and for- — Cardinal Anthony J. Bevilacqua, retired the pope can convoke to discuss substantive questions facing the church. mer head of the Apostolic Penitentiary, a archbishop of Philadelphia. — Vatican court, is the only U.S. cardinal Cardinal Avery Dulles, a Jesuit theolo- — Cardinals who are resident in Rome meet more frequently to named by Pope Paul VI. gian. discuss the major decisions the pope is facing.

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