But...but...I thought the Pope was too sick, he has to retire...etc.
The Pope doesn't singlehandedly appoint the bishops. Like a president appointing judges, the Pope bases most episcopal appointments on recommendations from other bishops.
Hm. Coadjutator for a bishop under 75. That pretty much means that the present bishop has been relieved of his duties. The Burlington diocese is only slightly smaller than average. Anyone know if was Vermont of New Hampshire which kept accepting pedophiles between Albany and Boston?
Providence College is not Orthodox, but it's better than most basketball Catholic colleges. St. Sebastian is familiar; I'm trying to recall if that wasn't the charismatic parish in Providence... I will check with a friend of mine who taught theology at PC. He left me the impression that the parish was fairly orthodox for being charismatic.
(The charismatic movement initially allowed several heretical and Protestant doctrines to flourish within itself; the leadership, however, although nauseatingly PC [other PC!], has gone to great lengths to establish orthodoxy. Franciscan University at Steubenville is a good example of the new relatively orthodox charismaticism.)