Priest From Manchester's St. Joseph Parish in Rome For Naming of New Pope
Father Don Anstoetter, who grew up at St. Joseph’s Parish in Manchester, is in Rome as the conclave gets underway, KMOV reports.
According to a KMOV report, Father Don Anstoetter, who grew up at St. Joseph’s Parish in Manchester, is in Vatican City with other priests from the St. Louis Archdiocese.
Anstoetter is a seminary student in Rome, according to KMOV's report.
(Watch entire KMOV report here.)
As previously reported by Patch, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the archbishop of the Roman Catholic archdiocese of New York and a native of Ballwin, was immediately mentioned as a possible successor when news broke in February that Pope Benedict XVI would resign.
Dolan is also in Rome as the conclave gets underway.
A new pope could be named as early as Tuesday.
