“The pleasing part is not that you say things that people want to hear but that your message is attractive to people and they want to engage it.”

—  Christopher J. Coyne

A Bishop Who Tweets, Podcasts and Talks to the Flock From His Car https://aleteia.org/2016/02/01/a-bishop-who-tweets-podcasts-and-talks-to-the-flock-from-his-car/ (2016)

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Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop in the United States 1958

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