Newbie Kansas City, Kansas Archbishop Known For Backtracking

Actually, it's not a bad thing that local faith leaders are able to reverse course every now and then . . .

Accordingly, this write-up from the progressive National Catholic Reporter offers us more deets and insight into the new Catholic leader that replaces a cowtown conservative stalwart who was also the biggest election loser in recent memory . . .  

For the faithful, check the backstory . . .

Last fall, Bishop Shawn McKnight of Jefferson City, Missouri, faced a backlash after he decreed that a dozen hymns could no longer be used at churches in his diocese. The most familiar one was Marty Haugen's "All Are Welcome."

Within days, the bishop, now archbishop-designate of Kansas City, Kansas, backtracked. He essentially acknowledged his error and issued a new decree, in a move that revealed the kind of flexibility not often seen in leaders of American dioceses.

McKnight worked his way out of a mess of his own creation by issuing another decree — his third in six months — on liturgical music in the diocese.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

NCR: Learning while leading, McKnight brings flexibility to Kansas City Archdiocese