Group aims to influence Chicago archbishop appointment
CHICAGO (IL)
Catholic News Agency
Chicago, Ill., Sep 19, 2012 / 02:09 am (CNA).- A Massachusetts-based Catholic lay group, Voice of the Faithful, is making efforts to sway the selection of Chicago's new archbishop by getting feedback from local church-goers.
Colleen Dolan, director of communications for the Chicago Archdiocese, says that it may be helpful for the group – which has no official affiliation with the archdiocese – to encourage participation, but that locals should “send their responses directly to the Apostolic Nuncio.”
Following Church procedure, Cardinal Francis George, who has served as Archbishop of Chicago since 1997 and is currently undergoing four months of chemotherapy, submitted his retirement Jan. 16, 2012 upon reaching his 75th birthday.
However, “Cardinal George understands that his retirement will not be accepted for two years,” Dolan told CNA Sept. 18.
Catholic News Agency
Chicago, Ill., Sep 19, 2012 / 02:09 am (CNA).- A Massachusetts-based Catholic lay group, Voice of the Faithful, is making efforts to sway the selection of Chicago's new archbishop by getting feedback from local church-goers.
Colleen Dolan, director of communications for the Chicago Archdiocese, says that it may be helpful for the group – which has no official affiliation with the archdiocese – to encourage participation, but that locals should “send their responses directly to the Apostolic Nuncio.”
Following Church procedure, Cardinal Francis George, who has served as Archbishop of Chicago since 1997 and is currently undergoing four months of chemotherapy, submitted his retirement Jan. 16, 2012 upon reaching his 75th birthday.
However, “Cardinal George understands that his retirement will not be accepted for two years,” Dolan told CNA Sept. 18.
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