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NAMED. SEAN O'MALLEY, 61, and WILLIAM LEVADA, 69, as Cardinals, along with 13 other prelates from around the world; by Pope Benedict XVI, who said he wanted to "reflect the universality of the church"; in Vatican City. O'Malley and Levada, the former bishops of Boston and San Francisco, respectively, played key roles in responding to the clergy abuse scandal...
DIED. ARCHBISHOP PAUL MARCINKUS, 84, scrappy Chicago priest who rose to head the Vatican Bank and retired after being connected to one of the biggest financial scandals in Italian history; in Sun City, Ariz. Following the looting of $1.3 billion from another Italian bank, in which the Vatican held a major share, Marcinkus faced charges as an accessory to the crime. Though the Holy See would not permit his arrest--and he and the Vatican maintained his innocence--it paid $250 million as a "goodwill settlement" of the case...
...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 elevated on March 24 along with 14 other Catholic leaders. Zen's selection, which signals the Vatican's growing interest in the spiritual needs of China's millions of Catholics, was greeted by a Chinese government statement that "religious figures should not interfere with politics...
Before it became the modern label for an ardent arguer, the devil's advocate was an esteemed position within the Catholic hierarchy. These trained skeptics were dispatched by the Vatican to assess candidates for sainthood. They interviewed witnesses, evaluated miracles and analyzed evidence; occasionally they helped build a case for canonization, but more often they dismantled...
...into doubt about the candidate and about himself. He cannot complete his investigation until he learns Cambiati's darkest mystery. And for that, he must befriend the powerful duke's fetching and bewitching daughter. At the same time, he must keep an eye on his employers back at the Vatican--or as he calls them: "an impotent harem of bickering eunuchs...