…who knows a helluva lot more about the internal niceties of ecclesial appointment than I do, confirms a point I was making about our easy breezy fact-free combox pontifications:
This is not to suggest that every John Paul bishop proved to be a rock-solid tower of strength. Leadership failures by “pastoral” bishops and “John Paul” bishops alike underline one of the great mysteries of Catholic life: Who really chooses the pastors of the Church, and on what basis?