U.S. Catholic bishops' new leaders concerned with poor

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U.S. Catholic bishops' new leaders concerned with poor

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/cardinal-dolan-defends-u-bishops-record-poverty-issues-030537463.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/i8XH9hLvUrXpmAcOGvfpqQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/2533acddbd5149072b0f6a706700f0d0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Cardinal Daniel Nicholas DiNardo, Archbishop of Galveston-Houston, smiles during a press conference at the Pontifical North American College in Rome, Tuesday, March 5, 2013. The Sistine Chapel closed to visitors on Tuesday and construction work got under way to prepare it for the conclave, but five cardinals remained AWOL from the preparatory meetings to discuss who should run the Catholic Church following Benedict XVI's resignation.The Vatican insisted nothing was amiss and that the five cardinals would be arriving in the coming days. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)" align="left" title="Cardinal Daniel Nicholas DiNardo, Archbishop of Galveston-Houston, smiles during a press conference at the Pontifical North American College in Rome, Tuesday, March 5, 2013. The Sistine Chapel closed to visitors on Tuesday and construction work got under way to prepare it for the conclave, but five cardinals remained AWOL from the preparatory meetings to discuss who should run the Catholic Church following Benedict XVI's resignation.The Vatican insisted nothing was amiss and that the five cardinals would be arriving in the coming days. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)" border="0" /></a>By Mary Wisniewski BALTIMORE (Reuters) - U.S. Catholic bishops elected two centrist conservatives as new leaders on Tuesday, an archbishop from Kentucky and a Texas cardinal, both of whom expressed &quot;solidarity&quot; with Pope Francis' strong emphasis on the poor. Archbishop Joseph Kurtz, 67, of Louisville, Kentucky was elected to a three-year term as president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, while Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, 64, of the Galveston-Houston diocese, was chosen as vice president. Their election comes as Catholic bishops worldwide are being given new direction by Pope Francis, who has emphasized greater humility and more concern for poverty. &quot;I believe we are very much in solidarity with Pope Francis, and that is, his way of articulating clearly that we need not only to serve the voiceless and the vulnerable, but to be an advocate,&quot; Kurtz told reporters after his election.</p><br clear="all"/>

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