By Marianne White
Montreal Gazette
June 30, 2010
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Quebec+cardinal+appointed+Vatican/3220052/story.html
Quebec Cardinal Marc Ouellet has officially been appointed to a top-job at the Vatican.
Canada's highest ranking Catholic priest will head the Congregation of Bishops, the organization that makes bishop appointments around the globe.
Ouellet set off a firestorm last month when he told an anti-abortion conference in Quebec City that terminating a pregnancy is a "moral crime," even in cases where a woman has been raped. The comments provoked rebukes from several women's rights organizations and Parti Quebecois Leader Pauline Marois.
| Quebec Cardinal Marc Ouellet, pictured, has officially been appointed to a top-job at the Vatican. |
The 66-year-old Ouellet will succeed Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, who retires on July 1.
Cardinal Ouellet will also succeed Cardinal Re as the president of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America.
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