The Memories Are Still Fresh

Bishop Murphy, in his weekly Montana Catholic Register “Reflections” column, describes how a recent visit to Rome for meetings in the Vatican and participation in a General Audience with Pope John Paul II gave him a greater awareness of the universal mission and nature of the church. He says, “As I say so often, no parish or diocese has the luxury of isolating itself from its relationship to the Church universal with its teaching, laws and guidelines. As bishop or priests, we cannot think only in terms of “my” diocese or “my” parish.”