Channel 5 keeps talkin' but they ain't sayin' nothin'...
For weeks now, or at least days and days, speculation in the Archdiocese of St. Paul/Minneapolis has been rife with names of contenders for the the throne of the Archbishop. Actually, men do not compete for the position, The Archbishop signals the Vatican that the time is right to look for a coadjutor, Rome sends out feelers and asks for nominations - all very secretly, some say with penalties of excomunication for those who violate confidentiality, and then, eventually Rome decides - the Pope chooses - or at least signs off on the new guy.
This entire rumor mill began in mid-May in Rome, from a knowledgeable priest who has a blog. Supposedly this week was going to be the announcement of who the coadjutor would be. Every blogger I know, and a great many others, have been scrambling to get the scoop. Yesterday it became a bit frezied, a local News channel announced that at their news broadcast at 10PM they would reveal big changes for the Archdiocese of St. Paul/Minneapolis. Some bloggers went nuts! I know one guy who called every news station in town - got on the net and searched every website and blog possible. (Shakespeare's "Comedy of Errors" did involve madness, didn't it? I think this guy has been temporarily insane for the past couple of weeks, although I know he was having fun pretending to be an investigative reporter...who came up with NOTHING!)
So anyway, this very lame news channel, with it's temporary anchor people - they fire people right and left - had about as much information as every blogger in the country. No - they had less - we knew about it almost a month ago, and we knew who the top pick for the coadjutor would be for almost a week, well, for 3 days. They essentially told us nothing new.
Yesterday's admonition from the Gospel of Mark resonates true today, "You are greatly misled." I better keep my day job. (Copied from my other blog, "Rome-ing Catholics" )
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