Archbishop Chaput goes to Philadelphia
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Archbishop Chaput
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Denver Archbishop Charles J. Chaput will succeed Cardinal Justin Rigali as archbishop of Philadelphia.
Pope Benedict XVI accepted Cardinal Rigali’s resignation and named the Denver archbishop as his successor July 19.
In introducing Archbishop Chaput in a news conference at the Archdiocese of Philadelphia offices, Cardinal Rigali also offered an apology “if I have offended” and “for any weaknesses on my part,” but said he saw no particular connection between the timing of the Vatican accepting his resignation and turbulence in the archdiocese over a February grand jury report on how sex abuse cases were handled.