When the U.S. Bishops gather in Baltimore next week they’ll be tackling a host of pastoral and social issues, but perhaps the most important thing they’ll do is to choose whom among them will lead them as a body over the next three years. Who will set the tone, and be the public face and voice for the country’s bishops?
The big story next week will be, who shall lead them?
As a hierarchical body, the Catholic Church doesn’t often have elections, but when it does, they’re important.
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