By choosing archbishops Blase Cupich of Chicago, Joseph Tobin of Indianapolis and Bishop Kevin Farrell of Dallas, Francis has "engineered what may prove to be a seismic shift in the Catholic hierarchy in the United States," wrote expert John Allen on the US Catholic website Crux.
Trīs ASV kardinālu izraudzīšanās var izraisīt "seismiskas pārmaiņas" Savienoto Valstu katoļu baznīcas hierarhijā, izdevumā "Crux" paredz eksperts Džons Alens.