An American referendum on the pope?

John L. Allen Jr., CRUX

Wednesday, October 26, 2016

www.thecatholicthing.org_images_USCCBBeyond Trump vs. Clinton, the other race of keen interest to American Catholics in 2016 is the mid-November election of new leadership for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, with the results certain to be read as an index of where the American hierarchy stands vis-à-vis Pope Francis.

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