I think this is rather a strained interpretation of the Weisenburger situation. As I understood the article, the appointment had been made and announced by Pope Francis but he became seriously ill before he could undertake the formality of signing the appropriate papal bull.
I think this is rather a strained interpretation of the Weisenburger situation. As I understood the article, the appointment had been made and announced by Pope Francis but he became seriously ill before he could undertake the formality of signing the appropriate papal bull.
That is what the Nuncio Cardinal Pierre said, but given how long some of these archdioceses in the US have had an archbishop waiting for a replacement and suddenly within 3 months Milwaukee, Washington DC, Detroit, Cincinnati, and Omaha are filled with Cupich proteges and friends makes me believe someone was in an awful hurry to get certain bishops through right around the time Pope Francis' health started deteriorating. I know Archbishop Vigneron in Detroit (I know people in that Archdiocese who would know) is in good health, so there was no reason to push Weisenburger through in a hurry except the fact that Pope Francis was almost at death's door and Cardinal Cupich nor his friend the Nuncio Cardinal Pierre may have as much influence with the next Pope as they have with this one. By the way: I wish Pope Francis many more years and for him to never make the horrible blunder of resigning.
All of these major appointments were compiled in the US months ago. They probably didn't even go through the plenary session of the Dicastery for Bishops but went right to the pope for a decision.
You may be right, but if you follow the appointment of new bishops on a website like catholic-hierarchy.org, there was a tremendous amount of activity naming bishops around the world when Pope Francis was in the hospital, which means the final steps were taken recently and in a hurry.
I think this is rather a strained interpretation of the Weisenburger situation. As I understood the article, the appointment had been made and announced by Pope Francis but he became seriously ill before he could undertake the formality of signing the appropriate papal bull.
That is what the Nuncio Cardinal Pierre said, but given how long some of these archdioceses in the US have had an archbishop waiting for a replacement and suddenly within 3 months Milwaukee, Washington DC, Detroit, Cincinnati, and Omaha are filled with Cupich proteges and friends makes me believe someone was in an awful hurry to get certain bishops through right around the time Pope Francis' health started deteriorating. I know Archbishop Vigneron in Detroit (I know people in that Archdiocese who would know) is in good health, so there was no reason to push Weisenburger through in a hurry except the fact that Pope Francis was almost at death's door and Cardinal Cupich nor his friend the Nuncio Cardinal Pierre may have as much influence with the next Pope as they have with this one. By the way: I wish Pope Francis many more years and for him to never make the horrible blunder of resigning.
All of these major appointments were compiled in the US months ago. They probably didn't even go through the plenary session of the Dicastery for Bishops but went right to the pope for a decision.
You may be right, but if you follow the appointment of new bishops on a website like catholic-hierarchy.org, there was a tremendous amount of activity naming bishops around the world when Pope Francis was in the hospital, which means the final steps were taken recently and in a hurry.