[yongin]

this is a minor concession to traditionalists. michael sean winters writes that pope francis could put cardinal wuerl and archbishop cupich in charge of bishop appointments.

[Arthur McGowan]

If Wuerl and Cupich are in charge of episcopal appointments, we will have another entire generation of gay bishops.

[Mrs. Don-o]

Well, like I said in my original remarks, I'm not much of a Vatican Yenta and I have no intentions whatever of keeping up with bug-tussles in the clerical bureaucracy.

It was just interesting to me that Michael Sean Winters' NCR was campaigning to have Vigano put in the coal cellar chained to a radiator pipe, and come to find out he's now to be in the top perch at Vatican Communications. Don't know quite what the flow-chart looks like, but does that make him Fr. Federico Lombardi's boss?

It's a little negligent to fail to thank the Lord when good things happen.

So, thank you, Lord.