Pope Francis would like priests to have the “smell of the sheep” so he will be pleased to hear that the new Bishop of Motherwell is a shepherd who has literally tended his flock. In his installation homily on Monday, Bishop Joseph Toal, formerly of Argyll and the Isles, said that while he was parish priest at St Michael’s, Ardkenneth, the most northerly spot on the island of South Uist, he looked after sheep that belonged to the parish. A spokesman said Bishop Toal fed the she
26 June 2014, The Tablet
Shepherd and his flock
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