The group is heavy on Europeans, particularly Italians holding important Vatican posts, and includes only three prelates from outside the West: a Brazilian, an Indian and a Chinese.
.However, Benedict once again passed over for cardinal Dublin Archbishop Diarmuid Martin, a major voice in the church demanding greater accountability from bishops to clean up the scandal.
Click on the following for more discussion from the Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/pope-benedict-xvi-names-22-new-cardinals-formal-ceremony-set-for-feb-18/2012/01/06/gIQAk0cbeP_story.html?wprss=rss_world
Opinion from National Catholic Reporter, see: http://ncronline.org/blogs/ncr-today/five-observations-new-cardinals
Five observations on the new cardinals
by John L Allen Jr on Jan. 06, 2012
While there certainly are no “liberals” among today’s appointments, at least as measured by the secular sense of the term, the list does not appear to be significantly skewed in any particular ideological direction. Mostly, it’s a crop of technocrats – Italians and Vatican officials known more as pragmatic managers than for their theological or ideological point of view.
While there certainly are prominent “evangelicals” among the new bunch of cardinals, meaning men known as strong defenders of Catholic identity – Timothy Dolan of New York, for instance, and Thomas Collins of Toronto – for the most part, these are figures also know for openness and commitment to dialogue, as opposed to a hard ideological line.
The appointments also contain at least two figures with a reputation as theological moderates: Archbishop João Bráz de Aviz of Brazil, President of the Vatican’s Congregation for Religious
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