And so it is: as first relayed on these pages Thanksgiving Eve, at Roman Noon on what would've been Charles M. Schultz's 89th birthday, in a convention-shattering move on multiple fronts, the Pope has named Msgr Charles Brown, 52 -- priest of New York and longtime cherished aide of B16's at the CDF -- as apostolic nuncio to Ireland.
Elevated to the rank of archbishop with the appointment, Charlie Brown's been given the titular see of Aquileia.
I met Archbishop-elect Brown in 2008 when I took the Church Up Close seminar for journalists who cover the Catholic Church put on by the Pontificial University of the Holy Cross. He took us on a tour of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Rocco is using one of my photos from the tour.
In 2005, when our Anglican Catholic Church of Canada Bishop Peter Wilkinson had a date with Cardinal Ratzinger to meet him on his birthday (they had had a correspondence over the years by mail) and the Cardinal had to cancel because of the Conclave, he sent Msgr. Brown to the lunch instead. Msgr. Brown remembered Bishop Wilkinson well.
Congratulations, Archbishop-elect Brown. I think the Holy Father, by the power of the Holy Spirit, has selected the right man for the job of rebuilding the Church in Ireland. We're sorry to lose you from CDF, though.
And thank you for your kindness to us in the Traditional Anglican Communion.
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