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Article: The church's new watchdog: God's 'cocker spaniel'? San Francisco's Levada has reputation for pastoral nuance.(WORLD)(Archbishop William J. Levada)(Biography)
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- National Catholic Reporter
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- May 27, 2005
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Given that the mission of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith is safe-guarding Catholic orthodoxy, it's hardly a shock that Pope Benedict XVI, who as Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger led that office for almost a quarter-century, has tapped as his successor an equally tenacious guardian of the church's doctrine.
Potentially more surprising is what else Archbishop William J. Levada, 68, of San Francisco is said to bring to the job: for example, a reputation as a pragmatic and inventive administrator; a capacity for nuance that rarely leaves ideologues satisfied; a commitment to ecumenism and interreligious dialogue; and a generous personal side that means, ...