Cover image: Bust of Claudius, fourth Roman Emperor, Uffizi Gallery, Florence. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
The nomination of Cardinal Sarah last week to the Congregation for Oriental Churches was not a kindness to Christians of the East, many of whom who were unimpressed -- to say the very least -- with His Eminence’s late unenlightened take on their ancient tradition of admitting married men to Holy Orders, but any insult the nomination gave to Eastern Christians was almost certainly unintentional.
