Another Long Islander becomes a Bishop:
"ROCKVILLE CENTRE, N.Y. – February 11, 2013 – Pope
Benedict XVI has appointed Rev. Msgr. Robert J. Coyle, 48, to be an
auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of the Military. Archbishop Carlo
Maria Vigano, apostolic nuncio to the United States, made the
announcement public earlier today in Washington, DC. Bishop-Elect Coyle
is a priest of the Diocese of Rockville Centre and currently serves as
pastor of Corpus Christi parish, Mineola, New York.
Bishop-Elect Coyle will be ordained a bishop by His Excellency, the
Most Reverend Timothy P. Broglio, J.C.D., Archbishop for the Military
Services, at the Basilica Shrine of the Immaculate Conception,
Washington, D.C. on April 25, 2013."
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Monday, February 11, 2013
Pope Resigns
"Pope Benedict XVI told a gathering of cardinals Feb. 11 that he no longer has the strength to carry out ministry and will resign on Feb. 28.
“I have convoked you to this Consistory, not only for the three canonizations, but also to communicate to you a decision of great importance for the life of the Church.
“After having repeatedly examined my conscience before God, I have come to the certainty that my strengths, due to an advanced age, are no longer suited to an adequate exercise of the Petrine ministry,” Pope Benedict said."
For a completely stupid analysis see Bob Keeler's editorial in Newsday, which is not worth a link. My own thoughts are as follows:
Pope John Paul II was a great man, a Pope who absolutely was 'made' to be Pope. He was an athletic and fit man before his assassination so he could handle the rigorous job, until he became very old and sick. He was outgoing and thrived before crowds. His personal history and personality fit the job as a great man on the world stage. John Paul II will be known as JP the Great because his papacy had a profound mark on the world. Pope Benedict XVI was introspective, a scholar, a humble and quiet man more suited to an office job or a library, as he himself would have preferred. Benedict did some huge things within the Church but they did not affect the wider world much. His was more of an 'inside baseball' Papacy and this was just as important and necessary to us Catholics as Pope JP II's was to the world.
Pope John Paul II was a great man, a Pope who absolutely was 'made' to be Pope. He was an athletic and fit man before his assassination so he could handle the rigorous job, until he became very old and sick. He was outgoing and thrived before crowds. His personal history and personality fit the job as a great man on the world stage. John Paul II will be known as JP the Great because his papacy had a profound mark on the world. Pope Benedict XVI was introspective, a scholar, a humble and quiet man more suited to an office job or a library, as he himself would have preferred. Benedict did some huge things within the Church but they did not affect the wider world much. His was more of an 'inside baseball' Papacy and this was just as important and necessary to us Catholics as Pope JP II's was to the world.
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