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Article: Pope picks new head for Congregation for Bishops.(Archbishop Giovanni Battista Re profiled)(Brief Article)
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- National Catholic Reporter
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- September 29, 2000
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Giovanni Battista Re, a close aide, will have influence in naming bishops
By naming Italian Archbishop Giovanni Battista Re as the new head of the powerful Congregation for Bishops, John Paul II has thrust one of his most senior aides into the thick of the undeclared contest to be his successor.
Re, 66, had already been widely mentioned as a candidate to become pope even though he is not yet a cardinal. Currently the sostituto, the No. 2 official in the Vatican's Secretariat of State with responsibility for internal church affairs, Re has vast experience, speaks several languages (including English), and enjoys the clear support of the pope, who once ...