KANSAS CITY (MO)
KCUR
By LAURA ZIEGLER
With a towering physical stature and soft spoken, solicitous style, Archbishop Joseph Naumann knows he has a difficult task before him as he takes over the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph on an interim basis after the resignation of Bishop Robert Finn.
He’s encouraging the grieving and still angry parishioners to reach toward their faith.
“I think we need to ask the Lord to help each of us to heal. There are people who have experienced wounds on both sides,” Naumann said in an interview Monday at the Diocese headquarters in downtown Kansas City.
Naumann – who has been the Archbishop of the Diocese of Kansas City, Kansas for almost 11 years – says he was surprised when he was summoned last Tuesday to become interim administrator effective immediately.
Naumann says he does not feel it’s his job to bring changes to the diocese, not to “be an innovator … or obligate the new Bishop with something I thought was a good idea.”
Rather, Naumann sees his job as keeping what he called “the normal life” of the church moving forward.
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