SF PAPER COVERS A LEVADA RECEPTION
So, the San Francisco Sentinel (I do not know where it stands in that city's media hierarchy) had a rather generous coverage, with lots of photos, of a post-consistory reception in honor of Cardinal William Levada, prefect of the CDF by San Francisco Police Commissioner Joe Alioto-Veronese and former San Francisco Supervisor Angela Alioto, who headed the SF delegation to Levada's elevation.
www.sanfranciscosentinel.com/news_in_brief/levada_reception_0603...
And ZENIT reports on the Cardinal's pledge to do charitable work at his new diaconate in Santa Maria Domnica:
Cardinal Levada to Help in Parish's Charitable Work
ROME, MARCH 28, 2006 (Zenit.org).- Cardinal William Levada says he will help with the charitable activity of the Parish of Santa Maria in Domnica, the deaconry assigned to him when he received his red hat.
"I would like to come frequently to be with you, to share your parish community's journey and proclaim to the world that the Church of Christ is love for us and for the world," said the prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, during a solemn celebration Sunday afternoon.
"I also want to take part in our parish's charitable mission," the U.S.-born cardinal said. "Charity to others truly demonstrates the authentic nature of God, which is 'charity.'"
Many of the faithful of this Roman parish attended the Mass, along with the cardinal's relatives and friends, especially from Oregon and California, who came to Rome because of the consistory. The new cardinal, 69, was previously archbishop of St. Francisco.
The cardinal was welcomed by the pastor, Father Sergio Ghio. Cardinal Roger Mahony of Los Angeles, as well as other U.S. archbishops and bishops and 50 priests, joined the celebration.
The Deaconry of Santa Maria in Domnica was built under the pontificate of Paschal I (817-824) and restored in 1513-1514.
The new cardinals are assigned a church of Rome -- a "title" or "deaconry" -- as a sign of their participation in the pastoral care of the Pope for the city.
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RE MARINI -
Rocco Palma's aside today that Piero Marini may have been named cardinal
in pectore by John Paul II is a bit of a stretch, to say the least. For at least two reasons I can think of - the first being why on earth would it have had to be kept secret?
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