Marc Ouellet
(From L) This combo image made of recent file pictures taken on March 12, 2013 during the grand mass ahead of a papal election conclave shows Canadian cardinal Marc Ouellet, Brazil cardinal Odilo Scherer and Italian cardinal Angelo Scola. The three cardinals have emerged as favourites and like 'pope emeritus' Benedict XVI, all of them combine conservative views with social advocacy on issues like poverty, conflict and immigration.
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I have nothing to say about the conclave. I have a very serious oath about what was going on inside.
We all went to greet him personally ... I was near the end of the line and I thought I would just greet him – 10 seconds – but he stopped me and he spoke to me for a minute or two, because he had something to ask me, very concrete and related to my dicastery [a department of the Roman Curia overseeing the selection of bishops] and I said, ‘Okay, I will do it.’ I did not expect that and I was happy. I took it as a vote of confidence.
We sensed that it could happen one day, but not to this extent — definitely not to this extentMore quotes »
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Cardinal Warns Bishops About Seeing Themselves as a ‘Mere Manager or Functionary’
Cardinal Marc Ouellet gave a homily at the Bishop’s Conference of England and Wales a few weeks ago that seems particularly pertinent in light of the scandal in New Jersey. Rather than comment on it, I’m going to let Cardinal Oullet’s w from Patheos Blogs Read more »
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Why is Pope a Catholic?
Marc Ouellet, the Canadian cardinal who reportedly was a contender in the recent papal election, has said the church's positions on women, contraception, homosexuality and abolition are "secondary" considerations for the Catholic Church as it moves forwa from Winnipeg Free Press Read more »
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Counting blessings – and profits of new pope
Like many Quebecers, Saul Salah was crossing his fingers and counting his rosaries this week in the hope that Canadian Cardinal Marc Ouellet would be elected pope. But it wasn’t just national pride that had the Montreal-area businessperson praying for wh from Montreal Gazette Read more »
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Pope Francis, in the words of Cardinal Ouellet
Cardinal Marc Ouellet should be in a foul mood. He has been under enormous pressure and has had an exhausting week. The media trailed him like a wolf trailing a wounded deer, and a few stories about him no doubt made him cringe. And he is not pope. Consi from Globe and Mail Read more »
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Quebec cardinal nearly became pope, Italian media reports say
VATICAN CITY - Italian media reports say Canadian Cardinal Marc Ouellet, who was considered a front-runner for the papacy, nearly became pope. According to Italian news outlet Il Solo 24 Ore, Ouellet was tied with Italian Cardinal Angelo Scola in early v from The Huffington Post: Canada Edition Read more »
