the bishops' quick-response capability

By Diogenes ( articles ) | Aug 23, 2005

In April 2002, the leaders of the US bishops' conference met with Vatican officials, and issued a joint statement that proclaimed in part:

...a new and serious Apostolic Visitation of seminaries and other institutes of formation must be made without delay...

Yesterday Catholic News Service announced that the visitation would begin this fall: a mere 42 months after the statement was issued.

And that's without delay.