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am inheriting

  • present progressive
    of inherit (1st person singular).
    inherit
    verb (used with object)
    to take or receive (property, a right, a title, etc.) by succession or will, as an heir.

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Thanks to such predecessors as Cardinals Timothy Dolan, Edward Egan and John O’Connor, I am inheriting a local church that already puts faith into action in powerful ways.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026