As Archbishop Joseph Kurtz prepares for retirement, he talked with JD about 50 years of priesthood, and more than two decades of episcopal ministry, including a stint as president of the USCCB.
The archbishop talked especially about his brother George, one of the most influential people in his life.
What a pleasure getting to listen to a voice I know well! Wish you’d asked him more about what he learned about being a bishop in his first assignment!
My small town Pennsylvania parish was blessed to have then-Monsignor Kurtz as pastor for eight years. Three years after he was transferred from our parish he became a bishop. The man you heard on this podcast led our parish with the same Grace and charity that he had when later leading a diocese, an archdiocese and the USCCB. God bless him