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MaggieOH
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What qualifications does Bishop Levada have to become the Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith? He is most likely a good scholar and by that I mean that he has a well rounded theology scholarship. He has more then likely been a member of the commission for a period of years. If this is the case then Benedict XVI knows his orthodoxy. Yet there is one more qualification: he helped to craft the statement issued in Ratzinger’s name concerning the issue of Catholic politicians advocating in favour of abortion and euthanasia.
The other issues that have been mentioned are important to some, but the architecture of individual churches is not relevant to our Catholic faith. All we really require is God’s Presence amongst us. If you saw the ugly architecture of the Cathedral at Parramatta here in Sydney, you would understand precisely why it does not matter one jot. I will add to my comment. The Bishop of Parramatta is seen as one who is “orthodox”. The original Cathedral was burnt in a fire and had to be rebuilt. There is an original chapel in a portion of the building that remained after the fire. The Eucharist resides in this chapel. Then there is the other portion of the building, and it is extremely ugly in my view. The acoustics in that room are terrible, and if you have a sore neck then you will come out of a Mass at that place with one terrible pain, that includes an extremely bad headache that will last for days on end.
Just because something is not to our taste does not mean that we can continue to make such comments.
I do not know Archbishop Levada. I am surprised by the choice, but he must be well-known to Joseph Ratzinger to have been the preferred choice over Cardinal George Pell.
MaggieOH
The other issues that have been mentioned are important to some, but the architecture of individual churches is not relevant to our Catholic faith. All we really require is God’s Presence amongst us. If you saw the ugly architecture of the Cathedral at Parramatta here in Sydney, you would understand precisely why it does not matter one jot. I will add to my comment. The Bishop of Parramatta is seen as one who is “orthodox”. The original Cathedral was burnt in a fire and had to be rebuilt. There is an original chapel in a portion of the building that remained after the fire. The Eucharist resides in this chapel. Then there is the other portion of the building, and it is extremely ugly in my view. The acoustics in that room are terrible, and if you have a sore neck then you will come out of a Mass at that place with one terrible pain, that includes an extremely bad headache that will last for days on end.
Just because something is not to our taste does not mean that we can continue to make such comments.
I do not know Archbishop Levada. I am surprised by the choice, but he must be well-known to Joseph Ratzinger to have been the preferred choice over Cardinal George Pell.
MaggieOH