Cardinal Sean O. O’Malley is now a superstar of the Catholic Church

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JReducation said:
You are correct.

As posted before, outside of the North America people do not hold on to the nationalities of their parents. That’s an American and Canadian thing.

You don’t hear South Americans say

“I’m Spanish”

“I’m Italian”

“I’m English”

“I’m Portuguese”

My favorite is the silly one that we do in the USA: I’m 1/8 Cherokee, 1/8 Scottish, 1/4 British, 1/4 German and 1/4 Jewish.

First of all, you’re a mutt like most Americans and Canadians. Secondly, Jewish is not a national identity.

People from around the world identify themselves by the place of their birth. Someday, someone will have to help me understand why we don’t do the same in North America.
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There’s a certain amount of it here in Australia too.

Not in the sense that we will necessarily automatically announce - or think of - ourselves as ‘Italian-Australian’ or ‘Chinese-Australian’ or whatnot. But most people with an unusual surname, an accent or less-than-pearly-white skin will be asked ‘where are you from’, meaning ‘what is your non-Australian heritage’. If you want to be cheeky you will of course simply respond with the Australian town or suburb you live in 😉

And yes, we have ethnically-based churches and parishes (I grew up in such a parish - Mass was definitely not in English!) and Chinatowns and Little Italies and the like.
 
bellasbane said:
irishcentral.com/news/Cardinal-Sean-O-OMalley-is-now-a-superstar-of-the-Catholic-Church-198761281.html

Ok, I’ll admit that this news story is just a front so I would not technically be violating forum rules. Plus, the headline is such a hoot to anyone who has ever met Cardinal Seán. I do recommend that folks read it, because it is a terrific report.

My real intention is my I hope that people will take a look at Cardinal Seán’s blog about his experience before and during the conclave in Rome. It is a great first hand insider account complete with photos and all sorts of neat tidbits like this:

“Between the morning and afternoon gatherings we went back to the Domus Sanctae Marthae. Cardinal Bergoglio and I sat together for lunch. I could see he was under a lot of pressure at that point, and he did not eat much!” - Cardinal Seán

You can read the entire thing at: cardinalseansblog.org/
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Before I read the rest of the thread, I want to thank you for posting his blog. He’s an amazing man and I am thrilled that Pope Francis is making him a counsel.
 
JReducation said:
You are correct.

As posted before, outside of the North America people do not hold on to the nationalities of their parents. That’s an American and Canadian thing.

You don’t hear South Americans say

“I’m Spanish”

“I’m Italian”

“I’m English”

“I’m Portuguese”

My favorite is the silly one that we do in the USA: I’m 1/8 Cherokee, 1/8 Scottish, 1/4 British, 1/4 German and 1/4 Jewish.

First of all, you’re a mutt like most Americans and Canadians. Secondly, Jewish is not a national identity.

People from around the world identify themselves by the place of their birth. Someday, someone will have to help me understand why we don’t do the same in North America.
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You’ll be happy to hear that the kids don’t do that anymore. At least where I work. These are the same kids who are showing so much tolerance to every subset.
 
LilyM said:
There’s a certain amount of it here in Australia too.

Not in the sense that we will necessarily automatically announce - or think of - ourselves as ‘Italian-Australian’ or ‘Chinese-Australian’ or whatnot. But most people with an unusual surname, an accent or less-than-pearly-white skin will be asked ‘where are you from’, meaning ‘what is your non-Australian heritage’. If you want to be cheeky you will of course simply respond with the Australian town or suburb you live in 😉

And yes, we have ethnically-based churches and parishes (I grew up in such a parish - Mass was definitely not in English!) and Chinatowns and Little Italies and the like.
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I’m asking myself what do Canada, Australia and the USA have in common? The one thing that comes to mind is that they are former English colonies. Do you think that this behavior is of English influence?

A country like Argentina has as much diversity as the USA, Australia and Canada. But the difference is that Argentina was never English.
 
JReducation said:
I’m asking myself what do Canada, Australia and the USA have in common? The one thing that comes to mind is that they are former English colonies. Do you think that this behavior is of English influence?

A country like Argentina has as much diversity as the USA, Australia and Canada. But the difference is that Argentina was never English.
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I dare say it does have something to do with English influence. Mind you, I don’t know much about how, say, former French or Dutch colonies stack up in this regard.
 
Enough_Said said:
Judge not lest ye be judged.
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Matthew 18:6

But he that shall scandalize one of these little ones that believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone should be hanged about his neck, and that he should be drowned in the depth of the sea. Woe to the world because of scandals. For it must needs be that scandals come: but nevertheless woe to that man by whom the scandal cometh.
 
Being a Cardinal is hard work. Being a Cardinal in Boston is mission impossible. God bless:thumbsup:👍👍
 
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