Opinion: Disagree with the bishop all you like, but he’s still the bishop

ROME - Some years ago, I was on a speaking tour of the US during a presidential election, and one day I happened to be at lunch with a bishop in a battleground state. Just after we’d ordered, the bishop got a phone call from a local reporter seeking comment on news that one of the candidates, a Democrat with a pro-choice voting record, would be appearing the next day at the city’s major Catholic university.

Completely blindsided, the bishop quickly ended the call. He then looked at me, shook his head in exasperation, and asked, “How the hell is this the first time I’m hearing about it?”

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