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Article: Arns tells Rome he is eager to retire. (Cardinal Paulo Evaristo Arns, archbishop of Sao Paulo, Brazil)(Brief Article)
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- National Catholic Reporter
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- January 16, 1998
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SAO PAULO, Brazil -- The delay in the appointment of a successor to Cardinal Arns as archbishop of Sao Paulo has resurfaced as a topic of discussion in Brazil.
Arns himself prompted the discussion during a recent news conference.
The Vatican still has not accepted his resignation, submitted in September 1996, when he reached the canonical retirement age of 75. He said he is eager to retire and feels that his status as "lame-duck" archbishop is beginning to hamper the administration of the archdiocese.
At his annual Christmas news conference on Dec. 23, 1997, the cardinal said that he had pressed the Vatican secretary of state, Cardinal ...