Joseph R. Cistone, the new bishop of the Diocese of Saginaw, speaks during his introductory press conference at the Center for Ministry in Saginaw Township. The Saginaw News.

On Wednesday, Pope Benedict XVI named an auxiliary bishop from Philadelphia - Joseph Cistone - to replace Robert Carlson as the new bishop of Saginaw, Mich. The pope named Carlson archbishop-elect of St. Louis just four weeks ago - nine months after he named former St. Louis Archbishop Raymond Burke to a prominent Vatican position.

Carlson’s installation is scheduled for June 10.

“It was a great surprise to find out the Holy Father was entrusting me to serve as a diocesan bishop,” said the 60-year-old  Cistone, at his news conference in Saginaw Wednesday, according to the Saginaw News. “The speed of the announcement took me by surprise, too.”

The News gave a hint of Carlson’s trademark sense of humor,

Leader in Saginaw for four years, Carlson introduced Cistone to a stunned crowd of…

Bishop Robert Finn of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph

“We are at war,” declared Bishop Robert Finn of the Roman Catholic diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph in Missouri at the Gospel of Life Convention in Overland Park, Kan. on Sat. Finn called himself and those gathered to hear his keynote address “warriors - members of the Church on earth - often called the Church Militant.”

“We are engaged in a constant warfare with Satan, with the glamour of evil, and the lure of false truths and empty promises,” Finn continued.

Finn, who has been mentioned as a possible successor to Archbishop Raymond Burke to lead the St. Louis Archdiocese, also predicted the president of Notre Dame will lose his job.

The gathering was co-sponsored by the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas and the Diocese of Kansas City - St. Joseph and Finn went on to discuss the current controversy at the…