June 30th, 2010 
Tom Pringle It has certainly been a busy morning on the Catholic side of the blogosphere!! This morning, the musings about Cardinal Marc Ouellet heading to Rome as the Prefect for the Congregation for Bishops and head of the Commission for Latin America were confirmed when he was appointed to those positions by Benedict XVI. For the [...]
June 30th, 2010 Tom Pringle Here are the appointments from this morning:
The Holy Father appointed Bishop Blase Cupich, current Bishop of the Diocese of Rapid City, as the sixth Bishop of the Diocese of Spokane.
The Holy Father appointed Rev. Arthur L. Kennedy, Ph.D., current Rector of St. John’s Seminary, as Auxiliary Bishop for the Archdiocese of Boston.
The Holy Father appointed [...]
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Tags: Apostolic Nuncio, Apostolic Nuncio to Poland, Archbishop Celestino Migliore, Archbishop Salvatore Fisichella, Archdiocese of Boston, Archdiocese of Hartford, Bishop Blase Cupich, Bishop Emilio Allué, Bishop Peter Rosazza, Bishop William Skylstad, Bishop-elect Arthur Kennedy, Bishop-elect Peter Uglietto, Blessed John XXIII Seminary, Cardinal Marc Ouellet, Commission for Latin America, Congregation for Bishops, Diocese of Spokane, Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelization, St. John's Seminary 
View Comments June 17th, 2010 Tom Pringle Italian journalist Andrea Tornielli is speculating that the Holy Father, Benedict XVI, will name Cardinal Marc Ouellet of Canada as prefect of the Congregation for Bishops. You may recall, in May Tornielli predicted that Australia’s Cardinal George Pell would be named as the prefect for the congregation. However, recent reports have reported that Cardinal Pell [...]
