Update on BBC Blog

I see that following representations - including one from myself - William Crawley (or one of his team) has exercised some discretion and removed some of the offensive materials on the story about the search for a new bishop of Down and Connor.

The bottom line is that on a moderated blog - and one about religious issues too - this material should never have been posted.

Use only words that build up...

Oh dear!

The aforementioned blog by the BBC's William Crawley has generated a series of vituperative comments by a number of malcontents. I am surprised that the BBC has permitted such drivel to appear on an associated site. I am not surprised that such viewpoints exist - the comment allegedly made by Gandhi springs to mind - 'I admire Christ but not Christians'.

See here and here.

Where in the world?

A flavour of some of the locations from where people have dropped in to the Blog since yesterday:

Belvedere, Bexley
Belfast
Dublin
Wollongong, New South Wales
Wilmington, Ohio
Bergeyk, Noord-Brabant
Wilmersdorf, Berlin
Gliwice, Katowice

Discerning the Terna

The BBC's William Crawley has written a very interesting post on his blog, Will and Testament, concerning the appointment of a new bishop for Ireland's second largest diocese, Down and Connor. The current incumbent, Patrick Walsh, submitted his resignation upon reaching his 75th birthday last April (2006). The post includes a letter and questionnaire/job description, supposedly sent by Irish Papal Nuncio, Giuseppe Lazzarotto, to certain persons within the diocese. The questionnaire certainly exercised the righteous indignation of a panel on Crawley's programme, Sunday Sequence. The general consensus was that as a job description the questionnaire fell very far shot of what is acceptable in the modern world.

Click HERE to read what he has written.

1000th Visitor!

Should reach this number of hits sometime on Sunday.

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Ireland's Non Residential Cardinals (Part VI)

Keith Patrick Cardinal O'Brien

Birth

March 17, 1938, Ballycastle, Ireland. He was a child when his parents migrated to Scotland.

Education

University of Edinburgh, Seminary of Edinburgh.

Pre-Episcopal Career

Ordained, April 3, 1965, Edinburgh, by Cardinal Gordon Joseph Gray, archbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh. In the archdiocese of Edinburgh, vicar cooperator in Holy Cross, Edinburgh, 1965-1966; St. Bride, Cowdenbeath, 1966-1971; St. Patrick, Kilsyth, 1972-1975; St. Mary, Bathgate, 1975-1978. Spiritual director, St. Andrew's College, Drygrange, 1978-1980. Rector, St. Mary's College, Blairs, 1980-1985.

Episcopal Career

Elected archbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, May 30, 1985. Consecrated, August 5, 1985, metropolitan cathedral of Saint Mary, Edinburgh, by Cardinal Gordon Joseph Gray, archbishop emeritus of St. Andrews and Edinburgh, assisted by Bruno Bernard Heim, titular archbishop of Xanto, apostolic delegate in Great Britain, and by Thomas Joseph Winning, archbishop of Glasgow. President of the Bishops' Conference of Scotland. Grand cross and conventual chaplain of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, 1985. Knight commander with star of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem. Apostolic administrator of the diocese of Argyll and the Isles, 1996. Attended the II Special Assembly for Europe of the World Synod of Bishops, Vatican City, October 1 to 23, 1999.

Cardinalate

Created cardinal priest in the consistory of October 21, 2003; received the red biretta and the title of Ss. Gioacchino e Anna al Tuscolano, October 21, 2003. Participated in the conclave of April 18 to 19, 2005.

Ireland's Non Residential Cardinals (Part V)

Timothy Cardinal Manning

Birth

November 15, 1909, Ballingeary, Ireland.

Education

Mungret College, Limerick; Saint Patrick's Seminary, Menlo Park, California, Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome.

Pre-Episcopal Career

Ordained, June 16, 1934, Los Angeles. Further studies, 1934-1936. Pastoral work in the archdiocese of Los Angeles, 1936-1938; 1946-1967. Privy chamberlain of His Holiness, April 15, 1943. Secretary to John Joseph Cantwell, archbishop of Los Angeles, 1938-1946. Domestic prelate of His Holiness, November 17, 1945.

Episcopal Career

Elected titular bishop of Lesvi and appointed auxiliary of Los Angeles, August 3, 1946. Consecrated, October 15, 1946, Los Angeles, by Joseph Thomas McGucken, titular bishop of Sanavo, auxiliary of Los Angeles, assisted by James Edward Walsh, M.M., titular bishop of Sata, and by Thomas Arthur Connolly, titular bishop of Sila and auxiliary of Los Angeles. Chancellor of the archdiocese of Los Angeles, March 19, 1946; vicar general, November 29, 1955. Attended the Second Vatican Councll, 1962-1965. Transferred to the diocese of Fresno, October 16, 1967. Promoted to titular archbishop of Carpi and appointed coadjutor of Los Angeles, with right of succession, May 26, 1969. Succeeded to the see of Los Angeles, January 21, 1970.

Cardinalate

Created cardinal priest in the consistory of March 5, 1973; received the red biretta and the title of S. Lucia a Piazza d'Armi, March 5, 1973. Attended the IV Ordinary Assembly of the World Synod of Bishops, Vatican City, September 30 to October 29, 1977. Participated in the conclave of August 25-26, 1978. Participated in the conclave of October 14-16, 1978. Attended the I Plenary Assembly of the Sacred College of Cardinals, Vatican City, November 5-9, 1979. Special papal envoy to the celebration of 3rd centennial of St. Oliver Plunkett's martyrdom, Drogheda, Ireland, July 5, 1981. Attended the VI Ordinary Assembly of the World Synod of Bishops, Vatican City, September 29 to October 28, 1983; president delegate. Resigned the pastoral government of archdiocese, July 12, 1985.

Death

June 23, 1989, Los Angeles. Buried, Calvary Cemetery, East Los Angeles.

Ireland's Non Residential Cardinals (Part IV)

Michael Cardinal Browne

Birth

May 6, 1887, Grangemokler, Ireland.

Education

Joined the Order of Preachers, 1903, Tallaght, Dublin; Rockwell College; Convent of S. Clemente, Rome; Theological Faculty, Fribourg, Switzerland.

Pre-Episcopal Career

Ordained, May 21, 1910, Rome. Faculty member and master of novices in the convent of Taillight, 1910-1919. Faculty member of the Pontifical International Institute "Angelicum," Rome, 1919-1932; 1941-1951. Prior of the convent of S. Clemente, Rome, 1925-1930. Rector magnifico of the Pontifical International Institute "Angelicum," Rome, 1932-1941. Master of the Sacred Palace, 1951-1955. Elected master general of the Order of Preachers, April 11, 1955.

Cardinalate

Created cardinal deacon in the consistory of March 19, 1962; received the red hat and the deaconry of S. Paolo alla Regola, March 22, 1962.

Episcopal Career

Elected titular archbishop of Idebesso, April 5, 1962. Consecrated, April 19, 1962, patriarchal Lateran basilica, Rome, by Pope John XXIII, assisted by Cardinal Giuseppe Pizzardo and by Cardinal Benedetto Aloisi Masella. Attended the Second Vatican Council, 1962-1965. Participated in the conclave of 1963. Attended the I Ordinary Assembly of the World Synod of Bishops, Vatican City, September 29 to October 29, 1967. Lost the right to participate in the conclave by being older than eighty years, January 1, 1971.

Death

March 31, 1971, Rome. Buried, Dominican convent of Tallaght, Dublin.

The Iron Chancellor or Man of Steel?

The BBC reports that Chancellor and Prime Ministerial hopeful Gordon Brown has been attacked by Lord Turnbull, the former head of the UK's Civil Service.

In an interview with the Financial Times (which his Lordship now believes was off the record), Brown was characterised as operating with 'Stalinist ruthlessness'.

Ireland's Non Residential Cardinals (Part III)

John Cardinal Glennon

Birth

June 14, 1862, Kinnegad, Ireland.

Education

St. Mary's College, Mullingar; All Hallows College and Seminary, Dublin; University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany. After finishing his studies, he went to the United States of America.

Pre-Episcopal Career

Ordained, December 20, 1884, Kansas City, by John Joseph Hogan, bishop of Kansas City. Pastoral work in diocese of Kansas City, 1884-1896. Vicar general of Kansas City, 1892-1894. Apostolic administrator of Kansas City, 1894-1896.

Episcopal Career

Elected titular bishop of Pinora and appointed coadjutor of Kansas City, with right of succession, March 14, 1896, Consecrated, June 29, 1896, Kansas City, by John Joseph Kain, archbishop of St. Louis, assisted by Maurice Burke, bishop of St. Joseph, and by John Joseph Henessy, bishop of Wichita. Appointed coadjutor bishop, with right of succession, and apostolic administrator of St. Louis, April 27, 1903. Succeeded to the metropolitan see of St. Louis, October 13, 1903. Assistant at Pontifical Throne, June 28, 1921.

Cardinalate

Created cardinal priest in the consistory of February 18, 1946; received the red hat and the title of S. Clemente, February 22, 1946.

Death

March 9, 1946, Dublin. Buried, metropolitan cathedral, St. Louis.

Ireland's Non Residential Cardinals (Part II)

John Cardinal Farley

Birth

April 20, 1842, Newtonhamilton, Ireland.

Education

St. MacCartan's College, Monaghan; St, John's College, Fordham, New York; St. Joseph's Seminary, Troy, New York; North American College, Rome; Pontifical Urbanian Athenaeum "De Propaganda Fide," Rome.

Pre-Episcopal Career

Ordained, June 11, 1870, Rome, by Cardinal Costantino Patrizi, bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina, vicar general of Rome. Assistant rector of St. Peter's, New Brighton, Staten Island, New York, 1870-1872; 1884-1902. Privy chamberlain, 1884. Secretary to Archbishop John McCloskey of New York, 1872-1884. Pastor of St. Gabriel, New York, 1884. Attended the III Plenary Council of Baltimore, 1884. Vicar general of the archdiocese of New York, 1891-1902. Domestic prelate of His Holiness, April 8, 1892. Protonotary apostolic, 1894.

Episcopal Career

Elected titular bishop of Zeugma and appointed auxiliary of New York, November 18, 1895. Consecrated, December 21, 1895, New York, by Michael Augustine Corrigan, archbishop of New York, assisted by Charles Edward McDonnell, bishop of Brooklyn, and by Henry Gabriels, bishop of Ogdensburg. Administrator of the archdiocese of New York after the death of Archbishop Michael Augustine Corrigan on May 5, 1902. Promoted to the metropolitan see of New York, September 15, 1902. Assistant at the Pontifical Throne, 1905.

Cardinalate

Created cardinal priest in the consistory of November 27, 1911; received the red hat and the title of S. Maria sopra Minerva, November 30, 1911. Attended the conclave of 1914.

Death

September 17, 1918, Mamaroneck, New York. Buried, St. Patrick's metropolitan cathedral, New York.

Ireland's Non Residential Cardinals (Part I)

Patrick Francis Cardinal Moran

Birth

December 16, 1830, Leighlinbridge, Ireland. Nephew of Cardinal Paul Cardinal Cullen (Archbishop of Dublin), who was his mother's stepbrother.

Education

Irish College, Rome (humanities and theology); Urbanian Athenaeum of Propaganda Fide, Rome (doctorate in theology).

Pre-Episcopal Career

Ordained, March 19, 1853, Rome. In Rome, professor, 1853-1856; vice-rector, 1856-1866, Irish College; professor of Hebrew in the Pontifical Urbanian Athenaeum of Propaganda Fide; and vice-rector of the Irish College. Returned to Ireland in 1866 as secretary of Cardinal Cullen, 1866-1872; and professor of Scripture, Clonliffe College. Founder of the Irish Ecclesiastical Record. Accompanied Cardinal Cullen to the Vatican Council, 1869-1870.

Episcopal Career

Elected titular bishop of Olba and appointed coadjutor of Ossory, December 22, 1871. Consecrated, March 5, 1872, Dublin, by Cardinal Paul Cullen, archbishop of Dublin. Succeeded to the see of Ossory, August 11, 1872. Promoted to the metropolitan see of Sydney, Australia, March 14, 1884.

Cardinalate

Created cardinal priest in the consistory of July 27, 1885; received red hat and title of S. Susanna, July 30, 1885.

Death

August 16, 1911, Manly, Sydney. Buried in St. Mary's metropolitan cathedral, Sydney.

Ireland's Residential Cardinals (Part X)

Desmond Cardinal Connell

Birth

March 24, 1926, Phibsboro, Ireland.

Education

Belvedere College Dublin; Holy Cross College (Diocesan Seminary), Dublin; University College, Dublin (bachelor of arts and master of arts); Seminary of Maynooth, Maynooth (theology); Louvain University, Louvain, Belgium (doctorate in philosophy).

Pre-Episcopal Career

Ordained, May 19, 1951. Further studies, Louvain, 1951-1953. Chaplain to three communities of contemplative sisters, the Poor Clares, Donnybrook, 1953-1955; the Carmelites, Drumcondra, 1955-1966 and the Carmelites in Blackrock from 1966. From 1953, also worked in the Department of Metaphysics, University College Dublin; professor of General Metaphysics, 1972; and elected dean of the Faculty of Philosophy and Sociology, 1983; re-elected three years later. For his published work he was awarded the degree D.Litt. by the National University of Ireland, 1981. Member of the Irish Hierarchy's theological commission, and of the Diocesan Committee on Ecumenism. Prelate of honor, August 20, 1984.

Episcopal Career

Elected archbishop of Dublin, January 21, 1988. Consecrated, March 6, 1988, pro-cathedral of St. Mary, Dublin, by Gaetano Alibrandi, titular archbishop of Binda, nuncio in Ireland, assisted by Joseph A. Carroll, titular bishop of Questoriana, vicar general of Dublin, and by Brendan Oliver Comiskey, bishop of Ferns. Elected vice-president of the Irish Episcopal Conference. Attended the VIII Ordinary Assembly of the World Synod of Bishops, Vatican City, September 30 to October 28, 1990; I Special Assembly of the World Synod of Bishops for Europe, Vatican City, November 28 to December 14, 1991; IX Ordinary Assembly of the World Synod of Bishops, Vatican City, October 2 to 29, 1994; II Special Assembly for Europe of the World Synod of Bishops, Vatican City, October 1 to 23, 1999.

Cardinalate

Created cardinal priest in the consistory of February 21, 2001; received the red biretta and the title of S. Silvestro in Capite, February 21, 2001. Attended the X Ordinary Assembly of the World Synod of Bishops, Vatican City, September 30-October 27, 2001. Resigned the pastoral government of the archdiocese for having reached the age limit, in conformity with canon 401 § 1 of the Code of Canon Law, April 26, 2004. Participated in the conclave of April 18 to 19, 2005. Lost the right to participate in the conclave when turned 80 years old, March 24, 2006.

Ireland's Residential Cardinals (Part IX)

Cahal Cardinal Daly

Birth

October 1, 1917, Loughguile, Ireland.

Education

St. Patrick's National School, Loughguile; St. Malachy's College, Belfast; Queen's University, Belfast; National Seminary, Maynooth; Catholic Institute, Paris.

Pre-Episcopal Career

Ordained, June 22, 1941. Fron 1941-1967, further studies; Classics master in St Malachy's College, Belfast, 1945-1946; lecturer in Scholastic Philosophy at Queen's University, Belfast, from 1946; reader in Scholastic Philosophy at Queen's University, Belfast, 1963 to 1967; Attended the Second Vatican Council, 1962-1965, as assistant to William Philbin, bishop of Down and Connor and to Cardinal William Conway, archbishop of Armagh.

Episcopal Career

Elected bishop of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise, May 26, 1967. Consecrated, July 16, 1967, by Cardinal William Conway, archbishop of Armagh, assisted by Giuseppe Maria Sensi, titular archbishop of Sardes, nuncio in Portugal, and by Neil Farren, bishop of Derry. Attended the IV Ordinary Assembly of the World Synod of Bishops, Vatican City, September 30 to October 29, 1977. Transferred to see of Down and Connor, August 24, 1982. Attended the VII Ordinary Assembly of the World Synod of Bishops, Vatican City, October 1 to 30, 1987; VIII Ordinary Assembly of the World Synod of Bishops, Vatican City, September 30 to October 28, 1990. Promoted to metropolitan and primatial see of Armagh, November 6, 1990.

Cardinalate

Created cardinal priest in the consistory of June 28, 1991; received the red biretta and the title of S. Patrizio, June 28, 1991. Attended the Special Assembly of the World Synod of Bishops for Europe, Vatican City, November 28 to December 14, 1991; IX Ordinary Assembly of the World Synod of Bishops, Vatican City, October 2 to 29, 1994. Resigned the pastoral government of the archdiocese, October 1, 1996. Lost the right to participate in the conclave when turned 80 years of age, October 1, 1997.

Ireland's Residential Cardinals (Part VIII)

Tomás Cardinal Ó Fiaich

Birth

November 3, 1923, Crossmaglen, Ireland.

Education

St. Patrick's College, Armagh; St Patrick's Colege, Maynooth; St. Peter's College, Wexford.

Pre-Episcopal Career

Ordained, July 6, 1948, Armagh. Pastoral work in the archdiocese of Armagh, 1948-1953. Faculty member, St Patrick's College, Maynooth, 1953-1977; Vice-President, 1970-1974; President, 1974-1977.

Episcopal Career

Elected archbishop of Armagh, August 18, 1977. Consecrated, October 2, 1977, Armagh, by Gaetano Alibrandi, titular archbishop of Binda, nuncio in Ireland, assisted by Francis Lenny, titular bishop of Rotdon, auxiliary of Armagh, and by William J. Philbin, bishop of Down and Connor. President of Episcopal Conference of Ireland, 1977-1990.

Cardinalate

Created cardinal priest in the consistory of June 30, 1979; received the red biretta and the title of S. Patrizio, June 30, 1979. Attended the First Plenary Assembly of Sacred College of Cardinals, Vatican City, November 5-9, 1979; V Ordinary Assembly of the World Synod of Bishops, Vatican City, September 26-October 25, 1980; VI Ordinary Assembly of the World Synod of Bishops, Vatican City, September 29-October 28, 1983; II Extraordinary Assembly of the World Synod of Bishops, Vatican City, November 24-December 8, 1985; VII Ordinary Assembly of the World Synod of Bishops, Vatican City, October 1-30, 1987.

Death

May 8, 1990, Toulouse, France. Buried, grounds of St. Patrick's metropolitan cathedral, Armagh.

Ireland's Residential Cardinals (Part VII)

William Cardinal Conway

Birth

January 22, 1913, Belfast, Ireland.

Education

Queen's University, Belfast; St. Patrick's College, Maynooth; Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome.

Pre-Episcopal Career

Ordained, June 20, 1937. Further studies, 1937-1940. Teacher in St. Malachy's College, Belfast, 1940-1947. Faculty member of St. Patrick's College, Maynooth, 1947-1957; Vice President, 1957-1958.

Episcopal Career

Elected titular bishop of Neve and appointed auxiliary of Armagh, May 31, 1958. Consecrated, July 27, 1958, Armagh, by Cardinal John F. D'Alton, archbishop of Armagh. Promoted to the primatial and metropolitan see of Armagh, September 9, 1963. Attended the Second Vatican Council, 1962-1965.

Cardinalate

Created cardinal priest in the consistory of February 22, 1965; received the red biretta and the title of S. Patrizio a Villa Ludovisi, February 25, 1965. President delegate of the First Ordinary Assembly of the World Synod of Bishops, Vatican City, September 29 to October 29, 1967. Attended the First Extraordinary Assembly of the World Synod of Bishops, Vatican City, October 11 to 28, 1969; the II Ordinary Assembly of the World Synod of Bishops, Vatican City, September 30 to November 6, 1971.

Death

April 17, 1977, Armagh. Buried, grounds of St. Patrick's metropolitan cathedral, Armagh.

Ireland's Residential Cardinals (Part VI)

John Cardinal D'Alton

Birth

October 11, 1882, Claremorris, Ireland.

Education

Holy Cross College, Cloniffe; The Royal University, Dublin; Pontifical Urbanian Athenaeum "De Propaganda Fide," Rome; University of Oxford, Oxford; Cambridge University, Cambridge; National University, Dublin.

Pre-Episcopal Career

Ordained, April 18, 1908. Further studies, 1908-1910. Faculty member of the National Seminary, Maynooth, 1910-1942; rector, 1936-1942. Member of the academic senate; and vice-chancellor, National University, Dublin, 1912-1924. Domestic prelate of His Holiness, June 27, 1938.

Episcopal Career

Elected titular bishop of Binda and appointed auxiliary of Meath, with right of succession, April 25, 1942. Consecrated, June 29, 1942, chapel of Saint Patrick`s College, Maynooth, by Cardinal Joseph MacRory, archbishop of Armagh and primate of Ireland, assisted by Edward Mulhern, bishop of Dromore, and by William MacNeely, bishop of Raphoe. Transferred to the see of Meath, June 16, 1943. Promoted to the primatial and metropolitan see of Armagh, June 13, 1946.

Cardinalate

Created cardinal priest in the consistory of January 12, 1953; received the red hat and the title of S. Agata dei Goti, deaconry elevated pro illa vice to title, January 15, 1953. Participated in the conclave of 1958. Attended the first session of the Second Vatican Council, 1962.

Death

February 1, 1963, Dublin. Buried, grounds of St. Patrick's metropolitan cathedral, Armagh.

Ireland's Residential Cardinals (Part V)

Joseph Cardinal MacRory

Birth

March 19, 1861, Ballygawley.

Education

Saint Patrick's College, Armagh; St. Patrick's College, Maynooth.

Pre-Episcopal Career

Ordained, September 13, 1885, Maynooth. First president of Dungannon Academy, 1886-1887. Faculty member of Oscott College, 1887-1889. Faculty member of Saint Patrick's College, Maynooth, 1889-1915; vice-president, 1912-1915. One of the founders of The Irish Theological Quarterly, 1906.

Episcopal Career

Elected bishop of Down and Connor, August 9, 1915. Consecrated, November 14, 1915, by Cardinal Michael Logue, archbishop of Armagh. Promoted to the metropolitan and primatial see of Armagh, June 22, 1928.

Cardinalate

Created cardinal priest in the consistory of December 16, 1929; received the red hat and the title of S. Giovanni a Porta Latina, December 19, 1929. Participated in the conclave of 1939.

Death

October 13, 1945, Armagh. Buried in St. Patrick's cemetery, Armagh.

The sacrament of charity

Sacramentum Caritatis, the post-synodal apostolic exhortation of Pope Benedict XVI on the Eucharist, the source and summit of the Church's life and mission was released earlier today.

Ireland's Residential Cardinals (Part IV)

Patrick Cardinal O'Donnell

Birth

November 28, 1856, Glenties, Co. Donegal.

Education

Old Diocesan Seminary, Letterkenny. Saint Patrick's Seminary, Maynooth.

Pre-Episcopal Career

Ordained, 1880, Maynooth. Professor of dogmatic and moral theology, Saint Patrick's Seminary, Maynnoth, 1881-1888. Prefect of Dunboyne (Postgraduate) Establishment, 1884-1888.

Episcopal Career

Elected bishop of Raphoe, February 26, 1888. Consecrated, March 25, 1888, pro-cathedral of Raphoe, Letterkenny, by Michael Logue, archbishop of Armagh, assisted by Francis Kelly, bishop of Derry, and by Patrick McAllister, bishop of Downs and Coonor. Member of the Irish Convention, 1917-1918. Promoted to the titular archbishop of Attalia and appointed coadjutor of Armagh, with right of succession, January 14, 1922. Succeeded to the metropolitan see of Armagh, and primate of All Ireland, November 19, 1924.

Cardinalate

Created cardinal priest in the consistory of December 14, 1925; received the red hat and the title of S. Maria della Pace, December 17, 1925. Papal legate to the Irish Plenary Council, Maynooth, June 27, 1927.

Death

October 22, 1927, Carlingford, Co. Louth. Buried, St. Patrick's cemetery, Armagh.

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