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PHOENIX -- The Diocese of Phoenix is denying a report that the Roman Catholic bishop of Phoenix is headed to the Vatican.

Rob DeFrancesco told The Associated Press on Sunday that a report in an Italian newspaper that Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted was going to Rome for a Vatican post is false.

Italy's La Stampa recently reported that Olmsted was slated to become secretary of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life. That office oversees religious orders in the world.

Officials said Olmsted was in Rome this weekend for a meeting.

Olmsted was appointed bishop of Phoenix in 2003, replacing Bishop Thomas J. O'Brien.

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    PookaBoo wrote...
    We can certainly hope
    December 10, 2012 7:38 am
    he's on his way to Rome (or just about anywhere else)! As a Catholic I have been very disappointed in his administration of this Diocese, he has set us back by decades and it shows in attendance at Church.
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    Great Russ wrote...
    @Peekaboo
    December 10, 2012 9:31 am
    so, let me get this right. Peeps go or don't go to church because of a mortal man? Not that the Truth of the doctrine has anything to do with it? Isn't man supposed to bend to God's will, not the other way around? God's message is supposed to be eternal truth, not wan or wain with the whim's of mortal man's popular beliefs and fashions. What a bunch of false and fake believers. Teachings of man, mingled with scripture.....LOL
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