One segment of Bishop Taylor's address particularly stood out to me:
"...being a faithful Christian requires more than just saying prayers, obeying the Commandments and trying to get your own soul into heaven. If you're only interested in your own spiritual welfare in the next life, you don't really believe in the redemptive power of the cross of Jesus Christ."
He makes it very clear, in his first words as Bishop-elect of Little Rock, that he is a bishop not for his own welfare, but for the souls of all of us, the sheep of his flock. This is exactly the duty of a bishop, and he has embraced it already.
• Audio of the press conference. (26 minutes)
• Bishop Taylor's statement• Archbishop Eusebius J. Beltran's statement. Archibishop Beltran is the Archibishop of Oklahoma City, the home diocese of Bishop Taylor and the Archdiocese to which Little Rock belongs.
• Msgr. Gaston Hebert's, administrator of the Diocese of Little Rock, statement.
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