Cardinal Francis George of Chicago, has been elected president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) for a three year term beginning in 2008. The election occurred November 13 during the bishops’ general meeting November 12–15 in Baltimore. Cardinal George received 188 votes out of 222 votes cast for a total of 85%.
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Dan Kelley says:
On another note, The Sun-Times finally printed a story about the planned Papal visit to Chicago.
The Daily Observer scooped the mainstream papers by publicizing the Pope's upcoming trip to Chicago almost two months earlier.