BISHOP JOHN KEEHNER OF THE DIOCESE OF SIOUX CITY SAYS HE AND MANY OTHERS WERE SURPRISED BY THE SELECTION OF CARDINAL ROBERT FRANCIS PREVOST AS THE NEW POPE, AS HE WAS NOT TALKED ABOUT AS A FRONTRUNNER TO SUCCEED POPE FRANCIS:
POPELEO1 OC……..SO FLUENTLY. :13
BISHOP KEEHNER SAYS HE DOES KNOW THAT POPE LEO XIV IS HIGHLY RESPECTED BY THE CARDINALS, AND THE BISHOP IS LOOKING FORWARD TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HIM:
POPELEO2 OC………THAT’S IMPORTANT. :22
THE 69-YEAR-OLD NEW POPE HAS NOW GONE FROM BEING A CARDINAL TO A TRUE WORLD LEADER, AND BISHOP KEEHNER HAS JUST COMPLETED HIS FIRST WEEK AS THE NEW BISHOP OF THE SIOUX CITY DIOCESE.
THE BISHOP SAYS POPE LEO HAS A GREAT TASK AHEAD OF HIM:
POPELEO3 OC……….YOUR WILL BE DONE. :28
BISHOP KEEHNER MADE HIS COMMENTS ON KSCJ’S “OPEN LINE.”
