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COMMENTARY: Just as Pope John Paul II was happy to have his ministry judged by his choice of principal collaborator, so too Archbishop Fernández thinks that his appointment serves the same role for Pope Francis.
By Father Raymond J. de Souza, EWTN News, July 5, 2023
Father Raymond J. de Souza is the founding editor of Convivium magazine.
Has Pope Francis finally found his Ratzinger?
On July 1, the Holy Father appointed Archbishop Víctor Manuel Fernández of La Plata, Argentina, the new prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF), the Vatican department once known as “La Suprema.” Archbishop Fernández now occupies the office once held by Pope St. Pius V and most famously in recent times by Pope Benedict XVI — Joseph Ratzinger.
It was a surprise appointment; the archbishop of La Plata was known to be a favored son of Pope Francis and widely reputed to be the principal drafter of some of the Holy Father’s most important documents — Evangelii Gaudium and Amoris Laetitia. Yet he was thought to be a behind-the-scenes figure, influential to be sure, but not the sort of figure that would command wide esteem as an experienced prelate or gifted theologian. …
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