Sunday night at the bishops' conference, the University of Notre Dame always hosts a reception. This year, all the bishops who attended brought up the same two topics: the crab cakes and the election of a new president for the conference.
Maryland crab cakes are one of the things I miss most since moving to Connecticut. There is nothing like them. Outside of Maryland, crab cakes always have too much breading or too much spice. Crabmeat is delicate. It is easily overwhelmed. Only in Maryland do they know how to make crab cakes that are light, almost fluffy and with a recipe that lets the crab flavor shine through.
The selection of a new USCCB president is not so fluffy, though; The bishops are taking this election very seriously. They recognize that the election of Pope Leo XIV requires the conference to recalibrate its position. The resistance many bishops showed to Pope Francis and his reform agenda is no longer a viable option with a pope who can cut through the media noise speaking in American English.
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