The Vatican's 'Dream Man'

摘要

When ailing cardinal John O'Connor visited the pope last February, he didn't come just to say goodbye. Though both men knew it would likely be the last time they'd see each other, there was business to discuss: who would succeed O'Connor as Archbishop of New York. In their 15 minutes together, O'Connor lobbied hard for one of his own proteges from New York—reportedly, Bishop Henry Mansell of Buffalo. But John Paul II had already made his own choice. And so, just two days after O'Connor was buried in St. Patrick's Cathedral last week, the pope announced what by then had become an open secret. Bishop Edward M. Egan of Bridgeport, Conn., will be the new Archbishop of New York.