Cardinal Ouellet's legacy in Quebec
Ouellet challenged a secular Quebec
He displayed courage in challenging relativist pieties of secularist society
CANADIAN CATHOLIC NEWSHistory has yet to determine the legacy Cardinal Marc Ouellet has left Quebec and will leave in his new role as prefect of the Congregation for Bishops.
But his longtime friends reveal a much different picture than the mainstream media's depiction of a man ambitious for the papacy, a hardliner out of touch with Quebec and a harsh "ayatollah" who will be remembered for opposing abortion.
When Cardinal Marc Ouellet became archbishop of Quebec in 2002, people initially viewed him - mistakenly - as an outsider, as "the man from Rome" sent to straighten things out, said Ottawa Archbishop Terrence Prendergast.
McGill University historian John Zucchi described Ouellet, 66, as an insider who not only lived through the Quiet Revolution - he was at the Grand Seminary in Montreal during its "cusp" - but as someone who deeply felt its impact upon his immediate family. Only he, of eight children, and his 88-year old mother, still practise the Catholic faith.
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