ST. LOUIS (MO)
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
By Jesse Bogan, Nassim Benchaabane and Erin Heffernan
June 16, 2019
SHREWSBURY — On the bad days, when St. Louis Archbishop Robert Carlson wished he was doing something else, his mind drifted to the thought of raising golden retrievers for a living.
“Dogs don’t talk back,” he said.
The four dogs he showed up with here in 2009 have since died. Now, he has a Missouri dog, Maggie, who will follow him into retirement.
“I don’t want to go to committee meetings,” he said.
Carlson, leader of the largest faith group in the region, must submit a resignation letter to Pope Francis on June 30. He’s turning 75, mandatory retirement age for the powerful position.
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