Was Jesus into branding/rebranding? He just bravely spoke the truth. Of course that got him into a LOT of trouble. Lived Christianity has a way of doing that. Seems to me that fear and a need for approval drives so much of what many of us do, including bishops.

I like to take solace in the presence of leaders like Cardinals Cupich, Tobin, Gomez-- and I'm sure there are many others like them. With luck and the Holy Spirit maybe some of them will be elected to speak for the whole body.

And I loved Fr. Reese's comment that maybe the best help for the bishops' reputations would be for Pres. Trump to start tweeting about them!