BALTIMORE (AP) " U.S. Roman Catholic bishops chose a Texas cardinal and the Mexican-born archbishop of Los Angeles as their top leaders Tuesday, as they look toward building ties with the Trump administration. Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, archbishop of Galveston-Houston, was elected president, and Archbishop Jose Gomez was elected vice president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. In their new positions, neither will set policy, but they will represent the bishops' conference to President-elect Donald Trump, among other duties. The current president, Archbishop Joseph Kurtz of Louisville, Kentucky, is ending his three-year term. Bishops holding a hard line on doctrine objected to any opening, while others insisted the idea was consistent with church teaching.

Source: New Zealand Herald November 15, 2016 15:00 UTC