The article is somewhat dated (early 90s I think). So you can subsitute names I am sure. Mahoney for Weakland etc...
Dear jecIIny,
There is still plenty of cleaning up to be done, but even Cardinal Mahoney is getting on in years.
Thirty years ago, then-Bishop Mahoney was the vanguard of a younger generation of bishops (and priests) that was not always altogether orthodox.
Now, he is a 70 year old man. For all the real damage he has done, and though he is still powerful, he has not had quite the lasting effect on the Church that perhaps he desired. Why? For one thing, as a not-so orthodox bishop, he hasn't ordained many priests to take his place. The Archdiocese of Washington - with about 1/8 the Catholics as Los Angeles - ordains about twice or three times as many men most years as the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.
The priests being ordained today are often significantly more orthodox than of the previous generation or two. And from that cadre of priests, the next few generations of bishops will be selected.
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