[Mercat]

Great news. Hopefully he doesn’t get drawn into the cocktail circuit.

[afraidfortherepublic]

December? He’s not taking over until December? We need him NOW.

[livius]

But it does mean that for the first time in decades, the staff of the US bishops’ conference will not swing reflexively into line with the latest liberal rhetoric.

Wonderful news! I hope that those hideous "prayers of the faithful" that evidently come out from USCCB central will stop having us praying for things like "an equitable distribution of income" and "universal access to healthcare for all" now.

[mickie]

God Bless and keep Bishop Reyes, may he serve for 25 years and more.

[Unam Sanctam]

He sounds like an improvement. However, I personnally think the Church at all levels produces too much unnecessary paper. I don’t think they need to be issuing documents all the time. We have the teachings of the Church, the Catechism, the Bible and so forth. When there are specific issues of applying the teachings to new situations, or specific errors or heresies to condemn, then that’s fine, but I don’t think we need to have the number of documents that we have issuing in a steady stream from either the Holy See or the Bishops’ conferences. Just IMHO.