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Strange that there's no reference to the DW:DO:NAE debacle in here. You'd think that would have a significant bearing on Lopes's chances for chairing the committee that vets all new liturgical texts.

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When Bishop Lopes previously worked at the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, he was the one who re-wrote the Anglican mass, keeping its beautiful liturgy but making it fully Catholic. That is probably how he got the job of being their bishop. My point is; he spent several years thinking deeply about liturgy, and probably knows it better than if he had formal schooling in it.

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Bishop Lopes would be an excellent choice. I knew him in the seminary, and knew his mother who spent many years teaching in a parish school. He is extremely intelligent, humble, a serious scholar, has accumulated wisdom and approaches liturgy with a profound reverence.

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Lopes would be the better choice, so of course one has to expect Rozanski. I'm surprised nothing was said about the allegations of coverup in his previous diocese.

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Abp Rozanski was our pastor decades ago. One of the first things he did when he arrived was to replace the "Risen Lord" cross above our altar with the Crucified Christ.

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