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BY CINDY WOODEN IN ROME
POPE BENEDICT XVI has accepted the resignation of Nigerian Cardinal Francis Arinze as prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments and has named Spanish Cardinal Antonio Caiiizares Llovera of Toledo to succeed him.
Cardinal Arinze retired after six years as head of the CDW and a total of 23 years at the Vatican. He celebrated his 76th birthday on November 1 and the 50th anniversary of his priestly, ordination three weeks later.
Cardinal Cailizares, dubbed "little Ratzinger", is a specialist in catechesis and has served as a member of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith since 1995 when the office was headed by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger.
He is also a member of the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei, which oversees the pastoral care of Catholics attached to the use of the extraordinary form Mass.
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