Confirmed: Visitation of CDW, though not canonical

Kudos to Christopher Lamb at The Tablet  for getting to the bottom of a hot topic. He has learned from Archbishop Roche that the visitation of the Congregation for Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments is not a formal canonical visitation, but rather a consultation:

Archbishop Arthur Roche, the secretary of the congregation, told The Tablet: “This is not a canonical visitation.” He confirmed that a consultative “visitation” of the congregation is taking place and likened it to a bishop getting advice ahead of making an appointment.

Read the story at The Tablet here.

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12 responses to “Confirmed: Visitation of CDW, though not canonical”

  1. Devin Rice

    Makes much more sense. My money is still on +Roche taking over, but if not him, then who?

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    1. Paul Inwood

      Viola seems to be the front-runner.

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      1. Karl Liam Saur

        As in Bishop Vittorio Viola of Tortona.

      2. John Francis

        Bishop Viola’s name has been circulating for some time as a possible successor to Archbishop Cesare Nosiglia of Turin who turned 76 in October. Turin is a diocese of 2, 000, 000.

  2. Jonathan D Day

    Every string player — including violists that I know — has a library of viola jokes. Here are two:
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    What’s the definition of a minor second?
    Two violists playing in unison.
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    What’s the latest crime wave in New York City?
    Drive-by viola recitals.

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    1. Fr Richard Duncan

      But there is at least one viola player in heaven — St John Henry Newman. I only found out when showing his “violin” to a violin player and pointing out that this was the very instrument on which he had played Beethoven quartets whilst Beethoven was still alive. “But its a viola”, came the withering reply. I now point out that its the only viola that I know which is a second class relic.

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      1. Alan Johnson

        My son, a violinist refers to his viola as his chin-cello.

    2. Karl Liam Saur

      Perfetto!

      As a (former) horn player, I think the minor second joke could easily be applied to the orchestral instrument widely considered to be prone to mistake than any other. Hence the importance of teaching musicianship to students of such instruments.

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      1. Jonathan Day

        As a cellist I will admit that — all jokes aside — I love the sound of a well-played viola: it’s somehow mysterious and less obvious than the singing of a violin or a cello. Here’s to viola players, and to Bishop Viola, if he takes the lead at the CDWDS.

      2. Fr Richard Duncan

        Newman would have agreed about the mysteriousness of the viola. He wrote to a couple of friends who offered him a violin:

        “ I never wrote more than when I played the fiddle. I always sleep better after music. There must be some electric current passing from the strings through the fingers into the brain and down the spinal marrow. Perhaps thought is music.” (Letters and Diaries of John Henry Newman XXII, p. 9. July 11th 1865)

  3. Andrew Rexa

    But if Viola is indeed the front runner then why have a visitation?

    Also, doesn’t the visitation suggest Roche is out of the running as he can hardly recommend himself when consulted? Roche was bishop of a smallish English diocese so it’s difficult to envisage – though not beyond possibility – that he is made a Cardinal. He was hated by those with a traditionalist bent so it could be a controversial and divisive appointment.

    Me thinks Francis is very cunning but what’s he up to?! Do we know who is leading the visitation?

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    1. Paul Inwood

      We do. See the previous thread: https://praytell.blog/index.php/2021/03/14/canonical-visitation-at-cdw/

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