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Titus
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It’s not a prerequisite, but it is the norm, I believe. Indeed, since ordination to the episcopate requires the same matter as the lesser degrees of the sacrament, it cannot be required.
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Who is naive enough to think that bishops are influencial?
You certainly can’t tell that they are by reading the postings on this site.
The D.D. after a bishop’s name is often honoris causa, and not a real academic honor at all. Sorry to disappoint. Bishops frequently have no more theological training than the ordinary parish priest. Often an appointment is dependant upon how much “pull” you have with the Curia.
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You certainly can’t tell that they are by reading the postings on this site.
The D.D. after a bishop’s name is often honoris causa, and not a real academic honor at all. Sorry to disappoint. Bishops frequently have no more theological training than the ordinary parish priest. Often an appointment is dependant upon how much “pull” you have with the Curia.
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Fr Corapi has 5 degrees… including his doctorate with high honors in Sacred Theology from the University of Navarre (same place that gave us the Navarre Bible Series)
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Digitonomy
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That the consecration of a bishop would be valid regardless of his academic qualifications does not prevent the Vatican from imposing additional requirements.
For instance, I imagine literacy is now a prerequisite for ordination to the priesthood. Surely there have been illiterate priests in the past, especially in mission areas in the early church. (Illiteracy was probably the norm in the population, and the scriptures were still in the process of being written, so the need to read the Bible was minimal.) It would be wrong to claim that these priests were not validly ordained. But it ain’t going to happen today, because the Vatican has set a higher bar for candidates to the priesthood.
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It is preferred, by canon law, that a candidate for the episcopate hold a doctoral degree, but not required.
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rien
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Are you serious? Is it not a universal Church. Are not souls to be fed? In San Francisco that “feeding” did not occur under Levada and is even less so far it seems - if that is possible - under Nederhauer.
Do you have any idea of the number of “orthodox” Catholics who have left/fled the church in the Bay Area because of no episocopal orthodoxy here? It has been a great leaven for the growing Orthodox churches here in the Bay Area.
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I think this was frequently waived in the post-VII era if the candidate had a Doctorate in one of the Social Sciences. This gave us some less than outstanding bishops. A bishop needs to know theology more than psychology.
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aimee
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We need him here in Atlanta!!!federalnewsradio.com/?nid=80&sid=1113719
The article talks about the important dioceses that will have to have bishops named soon. It doesn’t mention the Birmingham diocese; we’ve been bishop-less since just after Benedict’s installation.
Just dreaming here…wouldn’t it be nice…let’s see…Fr. Corapi is in his last year of public preaching…hmm…wouldn’t it be cool if Pope Benedict named him to be Bishop of Birmingham…
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frommi
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You have an archbishop…why would you want to replace him with someone like Corapi?
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Titus
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It’s Father Corapi. I don’t want to be annoying, but let’s have some respect for our priests, *especially *someone like Fr Corapi.
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My Archdioscese, Seattle, seems to be on the docket according to the article. But i dont think it Pope Benedict is looking at us with a glare at all. We have 3 super-bishops, I think we are on the docket simply becuase Archbishop Brunett is 73 and will therefore be retiring in a few years.
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chicago
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So they can send Wilt back to us in order that he may keep the minor seminary from which he graduated open!
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frommi
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Yeah…we have an archbishop too…and Quigley is done for anyway.
I’m still not quite sure why we’re trying to do a Gregory for Corapi swap in Atlanta…haven’t seen anything that resembles a pastor in Corapi’s writings, let alone a shepherd.
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chicago
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Because some people aren’t that wild about Wilt since he’s not as outspoken or hardline as Corapi and his cultic following.
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You got it … But I’m not sure he would save it…perhaps.
We liked the Archbishop we had …but he retired.
Any word Chicago on the seminary closing…
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chicago
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It’s a prerequisite of the deal! First diocese that offers me their bishop who will keep Quigley open in exchange for Francis George gets our cardinal shipped out faster than he can slip on holy water and break a hip. (Pending Vatican approval, of course).You got it … But I’m not sure he would save it…perhaps.
Donohue, right? Yes, from everything I understand, he was one of those under the radar, silent, episcopal witnesses who just went about his job and did it well, without much outside notice.
The minor seminary is still set to close come June. On the feast of the Sacred Heart (June 15) the school which was founded in 1905 as “Cathedral College of the Sacred Heart” will cease to exist.
There’s going be a seperate program and limited scholarship fund set up for high school boys who are willing to discern. While one must hope it will have some value and success, few really believe in it, though, and many think taking this step is a major mistake. A similar outreach effort to high school boys attending other schools when Quigley last reoganized in 1990 seemingly failed. No one appears able to cite any statistics on anyone who went on to the actual seminary system. So this is presumed to be little more than a repeating of past mistakes in the mind of just about everyone I talk to about it. But, hey, if this effort fails, then the Archdiocese can easily raid the endowment fund which will be seen as of no more use and settle some additional lawsuits, right?
The building is set to be largely gutted (save the chapel), and rebuilt into something not really resembling (interiorly) what it does now. A sad destruction which fails to properly honor history, tradition, and the many men who walked it’s halls over nine decades. Supposedly, the old class photos might be eventually rehung, at least.
For now, it’s goodbye this, goodbye that, great goodbye. We celebrate who we are still as a people, yet lament it’s loss.
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