[ninenot]

The Bishops began to lose the battle back in the 1960's, when William Bentley Ball pointed out (to Card. Krol) a number of issues over which the USCC should take legal action or face losing certain autonomies.

Much of this is detailed in E Michael Jones' book on Krol, available from Fidelity Press.

But USCC did NOT take action--and guess who was the President of USCC at the time? Why, Joseph Bernardin, Abp. of Cincinatti, that's who.

[dangus]

I think you mean the USCCB. If so, Cardinal Bernadin was president of that throughout the 1980s and 90s, by which time he was archbishop of Chicago. I can't imagine him being head of the USCCB therefore thirty years earlier.

[heyheyhey]

Joseph Bernardin, Abp. of Cincinnati, that's who.

After being diagnosed with a terminal illness he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Lewinsky's boyfriend and joyfully accepted this rare "honor" in the time of raging partial birth abortion debate.

I'm no genius, but this may not help the Cardinal's beatification process. ;)