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Traditionally it was said that the only certainties are death and taxes, but the past ten years have taught us another one: Pope Francis always will do it his way, whatever “it” is, and it’s a pretty safe bet that Francis’s way will not fit easily into any ready-made mold […]
Last week when Pope Francis appointed Bishop Rui Manuel Sousa Valério to be the Patriarch of Lisbon, he created an unprecedented situation in which a cardinal will report to an archbishop.
Four days after the conclusion of World Youth Day in Lisbon, Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Cardinal Manuel Clemente, 75, as Patriarch of Lisbon.
Bishop Valério’s nomination came as a surprise to many since Pope Francis had named Américo Manuel Alves Aguiar, auxiliary bishop of Lisbon, a cardinal on July 9. It had been wrongly presumed then that the pope would appoint the cardinal-elect as the new patriarch after the World Youth Day celebrations.