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JD just loves the inner workings of the USCCB. And, luckily for us, he can report it in a way that makes sense and at least makes us mildly interested! =)

I look forward to podcast where JD and Ed "draft" the winners to see who gets the most right. So they would draft who they feel is most likely to win first so the other can't pick that one...

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"Bla[i]se Cupich and Joseph Tobin, members of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Bishops, have outsize influence on the appointment of bishops in the U.S. — and that they’ve mostly exercised that influence to see like minded bishops appointed to metropolitan sees, many of which will see turnover in the next two years."

Seems pretty significant in the context of the abuse crisis since Metropolitans have the whip hand in the Vox Estis procedure.

After all, there is a lot we don't know about the McCarrick story, which is not just about that man's own abuses but also a story about the sexualization of the Priesthood and Episcopate. He didn't "act alone," he had collaborators, people whose careers he advanced for some reason and people who advanced him. Collaborators in "other ways" too. Some of these situations could be innocent, some not.

Since Tobin and Cupich are individuals reputedly within the McCarrick sphere of influence (which is not to say they have done anything wrong), can we trust that their choices for Metro Bishops will be committed to transparency, or are we in for more obfuscation, "trust" us", " do you know who I am" and the like?

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