The first public sign of trouble for Cantor erupted at the 7th District convention in May, when Cantor was booed and his right-hand man, Linwood Cobb, was replaced as chairman of the districts Republican committee by a tea-party backed opponent, Fred Gruber.
The Rev. Fred Gruber, a newly ordained Pittsburgh priest, was among those standing closest to Pope Francis holding a vessel filled with hosts as the pope offered the Eucharistic prayer. Earlier, the pope had remained standing through the lengthy reading of the Palm Sunday gospel and while delivering