Hmmm:
The Holy See Press Office did not release any information on the meeting other than that it took place, and much of the press speculated that the meeting was probably to discuss what happened 10 days before, when the cardinal publicly criticized the U.S. bishops’ official statement on the inauguration of President Joe Biden.
But sources in Rome who spoke to CNA on background said that Cupich met the pope not to speak of what happened in the recent past, but what may happen in the near future: Blase Cupich replacing Cardinal Marc Ouellet as prefect of the Congregation for Bishops.
According to one source, Pope Francis was “seriously considering making a surprise appointment, a bishop from the peripheries” to replace Ouellet, one of the several heads of Vatican dicasteries that have reached retirement age.
The same source said the most likely candidate was Bishop Robert Francis Prevost, a Chicago-born Augustinian missionary of French and Spanish descent, who spent a significant amount of his pastoral life in the Northern Peruvian Andes before being appointed Bishop of Chiclayo, Peru by Pope Francis in 2015. Pope Francis also made Prevost one of the few non-Cardinal members of the Congregation for Bishops in November 2020.
But, according to the source, the pope has started to lean more toward Cardinal Cupich because of his higher profile and “the message that his appointment would deliver regarding the type of bishops he wants for the Church.”
Unlikable left wing shills apparently. Go here to read the rest.
“The pope has started to lean more toward Cardinal Cupich because of his higher profile and “the message that his appointment would deliver regarding the type of bishops he wants for the Church.”, i.e., the non orthodox Catholic kind.
It’s going to get worse before it gets better. I’m just sayin’. Pope Chastisement is not done by a long shot.
Surprising; the pope wants another kiss ass.
Personnel is policy.
Then again, given how much he is disliked, I suspect he would not get good advice–at least from his perspective.
Chicago wouldn’t get a good bishop in return, but probably a more likeable one–even people on board with the new paradigm don’t care for him.
With Farrell already in the curia another American would seem to be a bad idea. But, if Francis does shift Cupich there it will prove once again that Team Francis does not have a deep bench.
Pope to Cupich: “Never tell anyone outside the Family what you are thinking again.”