Reflections on life, meaning and purpose

“Rising stars of the hierarchy,” say clericalists, “get Chicago.” But shepherds get Crookston…..

In many regards, it was entirely unremarkable: a short and simple memo, detailing some personnel decisions in a sparsely populated diocese far-removed from any significant source of worldly power. But for the faithful in the beleaguered Diocese of Crookston, Minn., Bishop Andrew Cozzens’ letter of last week was nothing short of a pastoral revolution — and for Catholics more widely…