アヴェ・マリア！
愛する兄弟姉妹の皆様、
もうご存じかもしれませんが、今年の10月の枢機卿会議（consistory）で、新しくアジアの4名の枢機卿が創られるとのことです。
ローマの情報筋によると、多分に、日本の東京大司教のペトロ岡田大司教（Archbishop Peter Takeo Okada）、スリランカのマルコム・ランジット大司教（Archbishop Malcolm Ranjith）、インドのトマス・メナンパランピル大司教（Archbishop Thomas Menamparampil）、ミャンマーのカルロ・マウン・ボ大司教（Archbishop Charles Maung Bo）が選ばれるだろうとのことです。
岡田大司教は、2000年2月にヨハネ・パウロ二世によって東京大司教として任命され、現在日本司教評議会の会長を務めています。もしも岡田大司教が枢機卿となると、日本の六番目の枢機卿となるとのことです。
インドのトマス・メナンパランピル大司教（Archbishop Thomas Menamparampil）、ミャンマーのカルロ・マウン・ボ大司教（Archbishop Charles Maung Bo）の両者は、共にサレジオ会の会員だそうです。
この4名の他にも、教皇様はパキスタンとフィリピンにも枢機卿の赤い帽子を授けるかもしれない、とのことです。
聖母の汚れなき御心よ、我らのために祈り給え！
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VATICAN CITY (UCAN) ― Pope Benedict XVI is tipped to make as many as four new Asian cardinals at the next consistory expected in October, writes Gerard O’Connell, special correspondent in Rome.
Sources in Rome say that among the most likely to be given red hats are Japan’s Archbishop Peter Takeo Okada, Sri Lanka’s Archbishop Malcolm Ranjith, India’s Archbishop Thomas Menamparampil, and Myanmar’s Archbishop Charles Maung Bo.
Archbishop Okada was appointed archbishop of Tokyo in February 2000 by Pope John Paul II, and is president of the Japanese bishops’ conference. He is well known to the Pope and last met him in November 2009 during a visit to commemorate the first anniversary of the beatification of the Japanese martyrs. He would be the sixth Japanese cardinal.
Archbishop Ranjith, a biblical scholar and polyglot who has worked twice in senior positions in the Vatican ― under Pope John Paul II and the current Pope ― also served as nuncio to Indonesia. He is very close to Pope Benedict XVI and shares his views on liturgical and theological questions. Pope Benedict appointed him archbishop of Colombo after the civil war ended.
A red hat for Pakistan?
Archbishop Menamparampil, a Salesian and archbishop of Guwahati, is well known for his peace and reconciliation work in northeastern India. The Pope asked him to write the reflections for the Way of the Cross at the Coliseum on Good Friday, 2009, and also appointed him to the post-synodal council.
Archbishop Bo of Yangon, also a Salesian, played a central role in organizing Catholic relief in Myanmar in the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis and is also greatly appreciated by the pope. He would be Myanmar’s first cardinal. His appointment would give a major boost to the Catholic community in the country that has been under military rule since 1962.
Besides these four, sources say the Pope might decide to appoint a cardinal from Pakistan to give encouragement to the Christian community there. He might also assign a red hat to the Philippines, as one of its two cardinals –- Cardinal Ricardo Vidal -– will turn 80 in February 2011.
In choosing new cardinals, Pope Benedict has a major problem: there are far more candidates than available positions. If he abides by Pope Paul VI’s rule that the number of cardinal electors should not exceed 120, then he will have at most 20 positions to assign.
Asia currently has a total of 18 cardinals but only 10 of them are under the age of 80 and eligible to vote in a conclave to elect the next Pope.
愛する兄弟姉妹の皆様、
もうご存じかもしれませんが、今年の10月の枢機卿会議（consistory）で、新しくアジアの4名の枢機卿が創られるとのことです。
ローマの情報筋によると、多分に、日本の東京大司教のペトロ岡田大司教（Archbishop Peter Takeo Okada）、スリランカのマルコム・ランジット大司教（Archbishop Malcolm Ranjith）、インドのトマス・メナンパランピル大司教（Archbishop Thomas Menamparampil）、ミャンマーのカルロ・マウン・ボ大司教（Archbishop Charles Maung Bo）が選ばれるだろうとのことです。
岡田大司教は、2000年2月にヨハネ・パウロ二世によって東京大司教として任命され、現在日本司教評議会の会長を務めています。もしも岡田大司教が枢機卿となると、日本の六番目の枢機卿となるとのことです。
インドのトマス・メナンパランピル大司教（Archbishop Thomas Menamparampil）、ミャンマーのカルロ・マウン・ボ大司教（Archbishop Charles Maung Bo）の両者は、共にサレジオ会の会員だそうです。
この4名の他にも、教皇様はパキスタンとフィリピンにも枢機卿の赤い帽子を授けるかもしれない、とのことです。
聖母の汚れなき御心よ、我らのために祈り給え！
－－－－－－－－－－－
VATICAN CITY (UCAN) ― Pope Benedict XVI is tipped to make as many as four new Asian cardinals at the next consistory expected in October, writes Gerard O’Connell, special correspondent in Rome.
Sources in Rome say that among the most likely to be given red hats are Japan’s Archbishop Peter Takeo Okada, Sri Lanka’s Archbishop Malcolm Ranjith, India’s Archbishop Thomas Menamparampil, and Myanmar’s Archbishop Charles Maung Bo.
Archbishop Okada was appointed archbishop of Tokyo in February 2000 by Pope John Paul II, and is president of the Japanese bishops’ conference. He is well known to the Pope and last met him in November 2009 during a visit to commemorate the first anniversary of the beatification of the Japanese martyrs. He would be the sixth Japanese cardinal.
Archbishop Ranjith, a biblical scholar and polyglot who has worked twice in senior positions in the Vatican ― under Pope John Paul II and the current Pope ― also served as nuncio to Indonesia. He is very close to Pope Benedict XVI and shares his views on liturgical and theological questions. Pope Benedict appointed him archbishop of Colombo after the civil war ended.
A red hat for Pakistan?
Archbishop Menamparampil, a Salesian and archbishop of Guwahati, is well known for his peace and reconciliation work in northeastern India. The Pope asked him to write the reflections for the Way of the Cross at the Coliseum on Good Friday, 2009, and also appointed him to the post-synodal council.
Archbishop Bo of Yangon, also a Salesian, played a central role in organizing Catholic relief in Myanmar in the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis and is also greatly appreciated by the pope. He would be Myanmar’s first cardinal. His appointment would give a major boost to the Catholic community in the country that has been under military rule since 1962.
Besides these four, sources say the Pope might decide to appoint a cardinal from Pakistan to give encouragement to the Christian community there. He might also assign a red hat to the Philippines, as one of its two cardinals –- Cardinal Ricardo Vidal -– will turn 80 in February 2011.
In choosing new cardinals, Pope Benedict has a major problem: there are far more candidates than available positions. If he abides by Pope Paul VI’s rule that the number of cardinal electors should not exceed 120, then he will have at most 20 positions to assign.
Asia currently has a total of 18 cardinals but only 10 of them are under the age of 80 and eligible to vote in a conclave to elect the next Pope.
