One of the great moments in the history of the Catholic Church in America is the installation of Archbishop Charles Chaput as the Archbishop of Philadelphia, which took place on the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The Basilica of Ss. Peter & Paul is the site of the installation Mass, and the cornerstone of the basilica was laid by St. John Neumann, one of Archbishop Chaput's predecessors.
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I was there, and let me say that even this cynical, uptight, white boy could feel the Spirit. Our new archbishop was far better—preaching, celebrating, and talking to him in person—than anything I could have hoped for, and it was humbling just to be around him. Chaput is the real deal, and I expect great, good, and godly things to happen here.
Archbishop Chaput is the strong man in the American episcopate today and a tremendously nice and charismatic man at that. You may have seen Bob Moynihan's speculation, in "Inside the Vatican", that an American formed by one of the traditional religious orders, could well now be in a position to become Pope. I think it was clear from the context that Abp Chaput is who was in mind. For all these reasons, we must pray a lot, a whole lot, for him. The Devil is not pleased.