It is not standard operating procedure, and this is a slap at Wilton Gregory, previous bishop of Belleville, who, apparently, lived rather modestly. Braxton is a bit of an aristocrat, who asked, at a shrimp peel in Lake Charles attended by my father-in-law, that someone please peel his shrimp as "he didn't do that sort of thing."
Braxton is being groomed for higher office, possibly a curial appointment or an archdiocese. You folks are merely a stepping-stone.
His idea of importing African priests has been tried by other bishops, with more or less success.
America is a culture shock to these men.
Braxton is being groomed for higher office, possibly a curial appointment or an archdiocese.
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But but but.....he's the protege of a Call to Action guy. Why promote him?
The Diocese of Fort Wayne/South Bend has brought in several priests from Sri Lanka. Without these men, several parishes would have closed.
Is it America, is is it doing un-natural things to shrimp that's a shock, Sinky?