AUSTRALIA
The Chronicle
Chris Calcino | 14th Jul 2014
THE long-awaited launch of former Toowoomba Diocese bishop Bill Morris’ tell-all book Benedict, Me and the Cardinals Three will happen tonight at the Empire Church Theatre.
The behind-the-scenes and often-secretive machinations of the Catholic Church will be thrust into the limelight, with Emeritus Bishop Morris going into detail about the Vatican dealings that led to his dismissal in 2011.
“It relates, from my perspective, the dealings I had with various congregations of the Vatican’s Curia, and with certain cardinals and officials, as well as with Pope Benedict XVI, regarding pastoral activities and a letter I wrote to the diocese in Advent of 2006 while the Bishop of Toowoomba,” he said.
“The book details the background and events which led to my being asked by Pope Benedict XVI to resign as Bishop of Toowoomba when I had a meeting with him in Rome on June 4, 2009.
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