NEW JERSEY
San Antonio Express-News
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The Latest on Pope Francis selecting a new leader of the Archdiocese of Newark (all times local):
12:20 p.m.
The new archbishop of the Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey, is asking Catholics not to fall prey to the political polarization that has overtaken the country.
Archbishop Joseph Tobin made his first public comments Monday after being chosen to replace Archbishop John Myers, who has reached the mandatory retirement age of 75.
Tobin says he was surprised when he returned to the U.S. after being away since the 1990s by what he termed the “red-state, blue-state stuff” he saw in the country.
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