Rumors Cardinal Levada to be replaced by Cardinal Schönborn unfounded
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Vienna, Austria, May 30, 2008 / 04:54 pm (CNA).- In response to a report in the Italian daily “La Repubblica” that Cardinal Christoph Schönborn could become the new Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the spokesman for the Archdiocese of Vienna, Erich Leitenberger, said on Stephanscom Austrian Radio that the rumor was unfounded.

On May 25, La Repubblica published an article by Marco Politi in which he offered a “general analysis” of the General Assembly of the Bishops’ Conference of Italy. Commenting on the rumor about Cardinal Schönborn, Politi said a personnel change at the Vatican was possible but that “until the Pope has signed off” on any changes, “everything is subject to question.”

The German daily Der Standard, picking up on the report in La Repubblica, said that if Cardinal Schönborn were to take the post, Cardinal Levada would have to return to the United States.

In response to the speculation, the spokesman for the Archdiocese of Vienna, Erich Leitenberger, said on May 27 that “the rumor has been brought up numerous times” and “has no basis in reality.”

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Published by: eleanor
ellenville new york usa 05/31/2008 09:11 AM EST
I was really surprised that Levada was ever selected to this position to begin with. Remember him sending out on SF diocese letterhead a rather new-age pagan kind of letter. I threw it out but I am sure anyone interested could research that. When decisions like this are made Catholics are made to wonder who is actually running our church.
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