By Eric Sammons, Crisis Point, Crisis Magazine - ...as a successor of the apostles, I have a very important job, but I don’t want to fight for my rights or my position. That’s not what… I don’t believe I need to do. But since there was no canonical process, I think that the church really needs to look at that. And we have Canon law for a reason. I mean, I studied Canon law and it developed through the centuries as bishops answering critical questions and then Popes ratifying and saying, “Yes, that’s the correct answer.” And gradually that was compiled into what we know is the code of Canon law right now. But for that process to basically be ignored, I don’t think that’s good for any bishop.