<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">On the first day of the U.S. bishops' conference plenary meeting, speaker after speaker called for unity, a spirit of listening and synodality, and an effective witness not limited by stale debates and harmful divisions.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The U.S. Catholic bishops' conference continued in a conservative direction on Nov. 16, electing Oklahoma City Archbishop Paul Coakley over Newark Cardinal Joseph Tobin to serve as the group's No. 3 official for the next two years.<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p></p>
Within the last week, an unusual private meeting involving dozens of Cardinals, Bishops and theologians was held in Chicago, with discussions centering on how.
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