April 2008 brought renewed speculation that Magee was being considered for a position in the Roman Curia. The French left-wing clerical review "Golias" reported that the Irishman was in the running to succeed as head of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments. The review suggested that Magee's support for the Latin Mass had won him the Pope's approval, and it said that the bishop's apparent lack of ambition and shyness eminently qualified him for a position in the Vatican.