Synod: Interview with Cardinal William Levada
Interview with Cardinal William Levada
October 16, 2008
Cardinal William Levada, the former Archbishop of San Francisco, is the first American to serve as Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the powerful Vatican department once known as the ?Holy Office.? Colloquially, it's also been called, in Italian, La Suprema ? the ?supreme? office in the Vatican power structure. Levada, 72, was appointed to the position by Pope Benedict XVI. He worked under then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger early in the future pope?s own tenure at the Holy Office, and later became a bishop member of the congregation.