Braunvieh Bull similar to my bulls, Cornerstone Amigo and Ambassador Bishop Rene Henry Gracida 's 100th birthday is coming up on June 9 so I am reading his autobiography in preparation for the great day. Bishop Gracida tells of his " retirement" and " shift from ranching to fighting the forces of the 'Third Path' and my fighting would once again bring me into conflict with the bishops of Texas": I was close to celebrating my 74th birthday and I realized that in just one more year I would be 75 years old and on my 75th Birthday I would be required to submit to the Pope a letter of resignation. The more I thought about it the more I questioned why I should wait a year to do it. I was mentally and physically exhausted from the Kenedy lawsuit, the attacks by the bishops, other ‘slip and fall’ lawsuits and now the daily problems created for me by my Coadjutor. I decided that I would ask the Pope to let me retire a year early. I wrote to Pope Jo...