Edmund C. Szoka, former Archbishop of Detroit May 2007 A Conversation with Edmund Cardinal Szoka CTND Interview Cardinal Szoka sits down with newsman Jerry Hodak and CTND"s cameras for a candid conversation on his life and ministry. The program covers such topics as the cardinal's formative years in Gaylord, his service in Detroit and how he got Pope John Paul II to visit, his financial expertise and appointment to the Vatican, and his role on the world stage.   June 30, 2006 Cd. Szoka looks to help local priests Robert Delaney Detroit – Getting better acquainted with the early Church Fathers and lending a hand in local parishes are among Cardinal Edmund C. Szoka's intentions for his retirement.   June 22, 2006 Archbishop Lajolo Chosen for Vatican-City Posts ZENIT - The World Seen From Rome Archbishop Giovanni Lajolo, secretary for relations with states, will be the new president of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State and of the governorate. June 22, 2006 "A Long and Distinguished Track Record" Cardinal Edmund Szoka to Leave Vatican Post Cardinal Adam Maida Since his ordination on June 5, 1954, Cardinal Szoka has given himself wholeheartedly to whatever the Church asked of him. His 52 years of priestly and episcopal ministry have had a vast and comprehensive influence in the life of the Church—in the state of Michigan and, indeed, throughout the world. June 22, 2006 The Pope has accepted the resignation of Cardinal Edmund Casimir Szoka Vatican Information Service The Pope, in accordance with Canon 354 of the Code of Canon Law, has accepted the resignation of Cardinal Edmund Casimir Szoka, president of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State and of the Governorate of Vatican City State, requesting him, nonetheless, to remain in office until September 15, 2006, with all the faculties inherent to that role. June 22, 2006 (Cardinal Szoka Resigns) Cardinal Bertone named to state Catholic News Service ...the Vatican announced that Pope Benedict has accepted the resignation of 78-year-old U.S. Cardinal Edmund C. Szoka as president of the commission governing Vatican City State. June 4, 2004 After 14 years away, Cd. Szoka still misses home John Thavis of Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY – He's been away from the Detroit area for 14 years now, and Cardinal Edmund C. Szoka says he still misses home. "There are a lot of things I miss. I miss being in my own country. I miss speaking English, since I have to speak Italian almost all the time in my work," Cardinal Szoka said. June 4, 2004 Cd. Szoka's work continues to help Detroit Tribunal Michelle Zotter When then-Archbishop Edmund C. Szoka came to Detroit in 1981, he wasted no time in making the pastoral importance of the Metropolitan Tribunal one of his priorities. And though he is several thousand miles away in Rome, his support of the Tribunal continues today. June 4, 2004 Cardinal Edmund C. Szoka: At the helm of the Vatican, former Detroit archbishop manages a ministate John Thavis of Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY —As chief executive of the world's smallest state, Cardinal Edmund C. Szoka, formerly of Detroit, has to deal with problems faced by bigger nations -- including potential terrorism, economic downturns and energy shortages. June 4, 2004 Cd. Szoka led Detroit Church through crucial time Joe Kohn It was 1981, a time of adjustment for the Church of Detroit. There was a new pope. The Archdiocese of Detroit was showing signs of financial struggles. And, after 22 years of leading the Archdiocese of Detroit, Cardinal John Dearden – the man who so well helped the archdiocese, and the nation, adapt to the new era of Vatican II – had announced his retirement the previous July. June 4, 2004 Today's seminary part of Cd. Szoka's legacy Robert Delaney So vital were the changes Cardinal Edmund C. Szoka made to Sacred Heart Seminary during his time as archbishop of Detroit that he is often referred to as the institution's "second founder." June 4, 2004 Church finances stronger – at home and in Rome Robert Delaney Wherever Cardinal Edmund C. Szoka has served during his episcopal ministry, he has left a legacy of fiscal responsibility that has left the Catholic Church in better financial health – in his first diocese, Gaylord, then in the Archdiocese of Detroit, and later at the Vatican. June 4, 2004 Detroit colleagues call Cd. Szoka a faithful teacher Joe Kohn DETROIT – Fr. Todd Lajiness can recall late evenings walking through the halls of the Governor's Palace at the Vatican. June 4, 2004 Szoka Library offers vast collection for learning Joe Kohn DETROIT – Fr. Marc Gawronski can remember climbing up to the archive room in the library of St. John's Provincial Seminary in Plymouth Township. The lighting was bad, and the stacks were overcrowded. "Things were very close together," Fr. Gawronski said, recalling his time at the seminary in the 1980s. "You couldn't have more than one person looking in the same tight area." June 4, 2004 Cd. Szoka's titular church is of 'great beauty' Michelle Zotter SS. Andrew & Gregory in Monte Celio, Cardinal Edmund C. Szoka's titular church, is one of "great beauty." Every cardinal is assigned a titular church, and he was assigned his, better known in Rome as the Church of St. Gregory the Great on the ancient Celian Hill, when he was made cardinal in 1988. June 4, 2004 Cd. Szoka – a life of service to the Church Robert Delaney Perhaps it was the enforced frugality of a Depression childhood in western Michigan that instilled in the young Edmund Casimir Szoka the appreciation for fiscal responsibility that was to become a hallmark of his later ministry as a bishop, archbishop and cardinal.