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style a bishop chooses is crucial for addressing the crisis and
making the necessary radical policy shifts. Some prelates seem
to think they can close parishes, schools and hospitals
searching only for the bottom line and without consideration of
the laity's faith. To continue the political style comparison, a
bishop ill-serves his flock by adopting the leadership style of
Donald Rumsfeld used in misconducting the Iraq War. A "lean"
Catholic Church with heavy procurement based on old strategies
and one that ignores the basic needs of the foot soldiers or
that goes against the advice of the field commanders is doomed
to failure.  I am confident that the U.S. Catholic Church will
catch up with the need for change in the style of episcopal
leadership. The new approach was installed with Archbishop Dolan
in New York. His personality suggests a chat over a hamburger
and a cold beer rather than