LOS ANGELES (CA)
LA Daily News
City News Service
dailynews.com
Posted: 02/15/2013
[the archbishop’s letter]
LOS ANGELES – Archbishop Jose Gomez was urging Southland Catholics today to pray for Cardinal Roger Mahony, who will soon head for Rome to take part in the selection of a pope to replace Benedict XVI, who will retire at the end of the month.
Gomez also stressed that while Mahony — who has been under fire for oversight of priests accused of molesting children — no longer has administrative duties with the diocese, he remains a bishop in “good standing.”
In a letter sent to all priests in the archdiocese, Gomez noted that Mahony will be the senior American cardinal attending the conclave of the College of Cardinals that will choose the next pope.
“I am confident that Cardinal Mahony’s accomplishments and experience in the areas of immigration, social justice, sacred liturgy and the role of the laity in the church will serve the College of Cardinals well as it works to discern the will of the Holy Spirit in these deliberations that will lead to the election of our new pope,” Gomez wrote.
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