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Lennon Takes Over as Interim Leader of Boston Church

Bishop Richard Lennon celebrates Mass at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in his first public appearance as the interim leader of the Boston Archdiocese. Pope John Paul II appointed Lennon to the post in the wake of Cardinal Bernard Law's resignation. NPR's Monica Brady-Myerov reports.

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