Interviews with important members of the Church and Vatican state.
Bishop Gerard Battersby: “Let’s listen to both the living and the dead”
The Bishop of LaCrosse, Wisconsin, on synodality, the Western contraction of the Church, and the new breed of young priests By Barbara Middleton for Inside the Vatican Bishop Gerard Battersby, 64, was installed in 2024 as the 11th bishop of the Diocese of La Cross, Wisconsin. Bishop Battersby was a “late vocation” — an increasing phenomenon [...]