Like a Bronx kid growing up to play for the Yankees, Monsignor Alfred Schlert is pinching himself, astonished that the grade-school stirring of his soul toward the priesthood has culminated with Pope Francis naming him a shepherd of shepherds. Schlert, a Palmer Township native who has been governing…
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Pope appoints Allentown priest as fifth bishop of Allentown
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