Pope Benedict In Position To Reshape American Catholic Leadership

Whispers has a post on the pending retirement of Cardinal Roger Mahony. See The Countdown Begins

This last paragraph was striking

LA might be the mother of 'em all... still, it's far from the only major Stateside opening en route.With the holders of three cardinalatial sees reaching the retirement age of 75 over the next two years, and a staggering half of the nation's 12 cardinal-electors turning 80 -- and, ergo, losing their conclave rights -- within the same time-frame, the top rank of the 68 million-member US church is soon to undergo a clip of moves that, as one Vatican aide recently put it, will bring about "the greatest change we'll see in our lives."For all of it, as always, stay tuned.

There are four people whose Health I think about a lot these days . Justice Scalia, Justice Thomas, and Justice Kennedy. Oh yeah and I think a lot about Benedicts!! May be live long to put this stamp on the American Church