Carlson Installed as New Archbishop of St. Louis
Archbishop-elect Robert J. Carlson, left, receives the official staff from the former Archbishop Raymond Burke after being escorted to his official seat by Cardinal Justin Rigali during the official transference of becoming an archbishop at the St. Louis Cathedral Basilica. (John L. White/P-D) Via The St. Louis Post Dispatch: Archbishop Robert Carlson, an experienced bishop who calls himself a theological conservative and a social justice liberal, announced himself to St. Louis Catholics Wednesday as their new shepherd. Carlson, whose easy, informal manner signals a marked difference in style from his most recent predecessors, challenged his new flock in his first homily as St. Louis Archbishop. "In our words and deeds," he said, "day by day, let us stand together and say to the world: we are followers of Jesus Christ." Carlson, 64, who has been a bishop in three other Midwestern dioceses over the past 25 years, officially took his seat in the St. Louis Cathedr...
