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Article: Calls for bishop's removal step up.(NATION)(Edward K. Braxton )
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- National Catholic Reporter
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- May 2, 2008
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Some 25 years before he was named bishop of Belleville in southern Illinois, Fr. Edward K. Braxton wrote a book titled The Wisdom Community: A Framework and a Program for Renewzing Communication and Understanding Between Priests, Bishops, Theologians and the People in the Pews.
Ironically, it is wisdom that is desperately needed in Braxton's diocese today. The pastoral crisis in Belleville, where communication has broken down during three years of Braxton's leadership, is such that on April 17, the third day of Pope Benedict XVI's U.S. visit, a quarter-page ad appeared in USA Today asking the pope to remove Braxton. The ad, reportedly costing $10,000, was ...