Last week saw the first concrete move by Pope Francis to
begin the reform of the Vatican,
which was the first meeting of the advisory council of selected cardinals. The council, dubbed by the media as the “G-8,”
was formed to give the Pope advise and a sense of what issues the cardinals and
bishops out in the world felt should be addressed.
Among the cardinals appointed to this body, is Boston’s own Cardinal Sean
O’Malley, OFM CAP, Archbishop of Boston.
In his own quiet, subtle way, he is, and has been a person of influence
in the American church, and now in the global Church. John Allen, Jr., of the National Catholic
Reporter, has written an interesting column about Cardinal Sean, which was
posted on the Vatican Insider.
It was reported that Cardinal Sean was definitely in the
running at the last Papal Conclave. And
Mr. Allen seems to hint that he is still a viable candidate if a future
Conclave needs to held in the next six or so years.
I remember thinking he was the best of he U>S. candidates this past election. I have been impressed by everything I've read about him.
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