source Edward GIUNTA sur les blogs de Floride: C'est dommage certes qu'un des rares évêques afro-américains des Etats-Unis parte en retraite "pour raison de santé" après un AVC il y a deux ans, et E GIUNTA (Una Voce) observe que cet évêque s'était montré très actif sur le plan pastoral, bien orthodoxe dans son enseignement et efficace pour relancer les vocations sacerdotales; Mais, avec toute sa curie qu'il laissait largement diriger le diocèse, il montrait un refus obstiné de Summorum Pontificum, et notamment aux demandes d'un 'groupe stable' de plus de 100 demandeurs.

According to the same trusted sources, Bishop Ricard will probably resign under the pretext of ill-health. Ricard suffered a stroke in December 2009, and although he has been recuperating he is reported to be "not fully himself," and to have relinquished all substantive governance of the Diocese to curial bureaucrats. However, these same sources insist that Ricard (who at 69 years of age is a good five to six years away from the mandatory and typical retirement age) did not wish to resign, and desired to hold the reins of ecclesiastical power for as long as he could; Pope Benedict had demanded his resignation in response to several disturbing matters relating to episcopal maladministration that have come to the Vatican's attention. The way the Catholic liturgy is celebrated in the Diocese reportedly leaves much to be desired, with nearly all of the clergy (Ricard included) strongly opposed to any and all manifestations of traditional liturgical expression, and overtly hostile to the Catholic liturgical "reform of the reform" promoted by the current Pope, including the revival of the traditional Latin (i.e., "Tridentine") Mass and the reform of the normative Mass (the so-called "Novus Ordo") in a way that brings it closer, in appearance and in ambiance, to the way Catholics have historically worshipped. (Liturgical abuse and banality are the norm: in one widely-publicized incident, a pastor in Dentin interrupted the Mass to promote his favorite brand of dog shampoo, while during the liturgy he left his pet canine free to roam the nave, and presumably the sanctuary.)