October 02, 2003

OS NOVOS CARDEAIS
A sucessão no Vaticano é analisada com rigôr pelo The Economist., nomeadamente tendo em conta as recentes nomeações de novos cardeais: The latest 31 appointments are typical. Seven hold senior jobs in the Curia. Among those elevated are George Pell, the archbishop of Sydney, Australia, who stood aside last year during an investigation of allegations that he abused a 12-year-old boy during the 1960s but has since been cleared. Another is Justin Rigali, the archbishop of Philadelphia, also a conservative. Victims of clerical sexual abuse in America lamented his appointment, accusing Mr Rigali of being insensitive. One of the few liberals appointed was Keith O’Brien, the archbishop of Edinburgh and St Andrews, who has said he would have no problem with the Catholic tradition of priestly celibacy “withering away”.