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During his nine years as apostolic delegate to the U.S., Archbishop Egidio Vagnozzi, 61, proved to be a somewhat enigmatic and unpopular figure to American Catholics. There were few expressions of regret when Rome announced that Vagnozzi, who last month was named a cardinal by Pope Paul VI, would become a member of the Vatican's Consistorial and Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs Congregations. His successor is Archbishop Luigi Raimondi, currently apostolic delegate to Mexico...
...Pauw claimed that his movement had the "express backing" of more than 50,000 Catholics, plus the secret support of 30 bishops and "one of the highest ranking officials" in close contact with Rome-by which he seemed to mean Archbishop Egidio Vagnozzi, Apostolic Delegate to the U.S. Church officials scoff at De Pauw's claim that his movement represents the view of 70% of the nation's Catholics. Every diocesan survey so far shows widespread support for changes in the Mass, which were approved by more than 90% of American bishops. Among them was De Pauw...
...Roman Curia to limit the council's reforms and the scope of the bishops' collegial power. Last week, the U.S. hierarchy's ecumenical commission met in Washington to formulate rules for interfaith contacts; it ignored an order limiting those contacts handed down recently by Archbishop Egidio Vagnozzi, the apostolic delegate (TIME, March...
...Vagnozzi said that he was simply passing along instructions, but his own diplomatic reports back to Rome might well have inspired the letter. A learned, witty papal diplomat, Vagnozzi previously served as the Vatican's ambassador to the Philippines; he is an ecclesiastical conservative who has kept a watchful eye on liberal tendencies in the U.S. church since he came to Washington in 1959. In 1961 he delivered a public warning against the dangerous methods being used by certain Catholic scriptural scholars. Two years ago, he persuaded a few U.S. bishops to cancel speaking engagements by Swiss Theologian Hans...
...slowdown order came from the Secretariat of State, headed by Amleto Cardinal Cicognani, Vagnozzi's predecessor as Apostolic Delegate and one of Rome's most powerful conservatives...