What would Cardinal Meyer say?
Albert Cardinal Meyer (1903-1965) Bishop of Superior, Archbishop of Milwaukee and Chicago. (Images: Wikipedia and CNS/Giancarlo Giuliani) Unfortunately forgotten in most U.S. Catholic circles today, Cardinal Albert Gregory Meyer, archbishop of Milwaukee from 1953 to 1958 and archbishop of Chicago from 1958 to 1965, was one of the country’s leading churchmen in the mid-20th century. A biblical scholar and a deeply holy man, Meyer played a crucial role in the first three periods of the Second Vatican Council. On November 19, 1962, for example, he made an important intervention at a critical m...