[wideawake]

I can pretty much guarantee that Roger Cardinal Mahony was a holdout, as well as Gottfried Cardinal Danneels and there may well have been another American.

I cannot wait for the Pope to gracefully accept Mahony's mandatory resignation in a few years.

[ArrogantBustard]

I can pretty much guarantee that Roger Cardinal Mahony was a holdout,

I wouldn't be so sure ... RCM is a politician, and a weasel. He might have voted for B16 just to try to get on his good side. I seem to recall that Fr. Mahoney, before he was consecrated a Bishop, talked and wrote like a real conservative.

[mom3boys]

Do you know how many years until Mahony is to retire?

I hope it's within Pope Benedict XVI's time, then he can appoint a more orthodox bishop for the Los Angeles area. God knows they need one there.

I escaped the LA area with my family 10 years ago, and my faith has grown by leaps and bounds going to an orthodox, conservative parish (well, studying apologetics contributed a lot to that too). I'm so happy we got Bishop Olmstead here in Phoenix a year ago, and now Pope Benedict! I'm ecstatic!