Further to my earlier post that foreshadowed this state of affairs, the Archdiocese of Sydney has now officially been declared a vacant seat, with the
appointment on Thursday 27 February 2014 of
Bishop Peter Comensoli, auxiliary bishop of Sydney, as Apostolic Administrator "Sede Vacante":
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Letter from Nunciature |
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The (now) Archbishop-emeritus of Sydney, George Cardinal Pell, with Bishop Peter Comensoli, believed to have been taken around the time of the latter's episcopal ordination in 2011 |
Meanwhile, the Fairfax press has actually decided to write
a considered article about Pell's appointment as Prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy of the Holy See, though it still perpetuates some tiresome stereotypes of the Cardinal.