Ep 2.60: The Lion and the Co Adjutor

This episode examines the painful final years of Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick’s long episcopacy and the troubled transition that followed his golden jubilee. Monsignor and Teresa recount the failed effort to secure Father Philip Brady as co‑adjutor, the resulting fracture among the clergy, and the personal toll it took on both men. As Kenrick’s health declined, Rome intervened by appointing Bishop John Joseph Kain, leading to an uneasy coexistence marked by silence, legal conflict, and wounded pride. The episode closes with the symbolic passing of authority, as the “Lion of the Fourth City” fades and a new, uncertain chapter begins for the Archdiocese of St. Louis.