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CAT Tracks for March 11, 2011
GOD FORBID |
Just one of those headlines that caught my roaming eye...
As a lapsed Catholic, I was wondering what was so news-worthy of letting an ailing Bishop retire.
Ahhh..."early retirement"...at 71.
Immediately caused me to wonder...if this is a preview of a coming attraction, a coming attack on public employees during this nationwide "pension crisis".
Will states raise the retirement age of teachers to 75?
Will teachers have to get dispensation from the
CAT Tracks Editor's Note:
Ooh, ooh, ooh!!!
Speaking of being a lapsed Catholic...
I attended "Sunday Mass" last Saturday afternoon (4 p.m.) at St. Patrick's Church in Cairo on the occasion of my mother's 95 birthday party (held next door to the downstairs chapel.)
All I can report...
St. Pat's?
It's still standing...
From the Southern Illinoisan...
Pope lets ailing Florida bishop retire
Associated Press
The Vatican says that Pope Benedict XVI has accepted the request by an ailing Florida bishop to retire.
Last month, Bishop John Ricard asked to resign from his duties as head of the Pensacola-Tallahassee diocese for health reasons. Ricard suffered a stroke in 2009 and has undergone several surgeries after that.
The 71-year-old Ricard is younger than the normal retirement age for bishops of 75. The pope accepted the request Friday
Pope Governor to retire early?
