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...Rome. And I think he'll be listened to by the Federal Government when it comes to immigration law." Last year, Gomez was a humble auxiliary bishop working for Chaput in Denver. But in December, Pope John Paul II leapfrogged the low-key 53-year-old over hundreds of diocesan bishops into the San Antonio, Texas, seat-and the center of American Catholicism's future. Hispanics make up 39% of the U.S. church. By 2020, they may be a majority, say church officials. And Gomez is the nation's only Latino archbishop...
Curial Cardinals have tremendous sway in Rome, where their diocese-running brethren are usually only visitors. But diocesan Cardinals will make up the vast preponderance of the electors. That (along with several other factors) is why many Roman sources tout the chances of Ratzinger, a master of the Curial as well as the doctrinal universe, but why non-Romans see him as a potential kingmaker but never the king...
...countries where its potential for growth is the greatest. Worldwide, there has been a 41% increase in the number of Catholics (from 757 million in 1978 to 1.09 billion in 2003). Africa has seen the most rapid growth, a 168% jump in members. Similarly, while the overall number of diocesan priests rose a mere 2.5% during the Pope's reign, that count in Africa went...
...school’s total enrollment this semester numbered 226 students. About three-fifths of them are training to be members of the clergy—diocesan priests, members of Catholic orders and Episcopal ministers. The remainder are lay students, Stachniewicz said...
...WHAT'S A POTENTIAL STICKING POINT? Expect a clash over the wealth of Portland's parishes. Vlazny refuses, as have other bishops, to regard parish assets--including properties and most of the collection-plate take--as seizable for diocesan debts. Thus, while he states his denomination's worth at about $50 million, plaintiffs claim it is more than $300 million. Perris may have discretion to make that very important call...