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First, it is worth noting one man who did not get his red hat. Archbishop Michael Fitzgerald, the longtime president of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, was thought by many to be in line for a Cardinal position. But last month, the Pope abruptly pulled the British-born Fitzgerald...
The first new Cardinal to get his hat, former San Francisco Archbishop William J. Levada, was Benedict?s biggest surprise. Levada was named last August to take the Pope?s old job as the Church?s point man on all doctrinal issues as Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine...
On Friday, William J. Levada, former Archbishop of San Francisco, will become the first new Cardinal to be elevated by Pope Benedict XVI at a Vatican ceremony. Levada already has the Pontiff's old job maintaining Roman Catholic orthodoxy as head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith...
A more immediate concern is the ceremony this week at which Levada and 14 other prelates will be elevated to Cardinal by the Pope. Asked how he might feel when he gets the red hat signifying that high office, Levada admits a purely sartorial worry. "Of course," he says, "you...
NAMED. JOSEPH ZEN, 64, Catholic bishop of Hong Kong and outspoken democracy and human-rights activist; as cardinal, by Pope Benedict XVI; in Rome. Zen, whose role in mass pro-democracy marches helped to hasten the resignation of former Hong Kong Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa last year, will be...