Archive for October 12, 2018
Pope Francis accepts resignation of Cardinal Donald Wuerl, appoints him interim DC leader
Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Washington’s Cardinal Donald Wuerl on Friday, while asking the cardinal to continue leading the... Read more
Bishop Barron at Synod of Bishops: Young people are ‘hungry for mission’
Young people are “hungry for mission,” Bishop Robert Barron said Friday during the 2018 Synod of Bishops, convened to discuss... Read more
USAID and Knights of Columbus in agreement to help Mid East Christians
The joint effort was agreed in a memorandum of understanding announced Oct. 12 and will begin in Iraq, before being... Read more
Film tells story of Irish chaplain on frontlines of World War I
A new film tells the story of Irish Jesuit Fr. William “Willie” Doyle, who during World War I brought the... Read more
Wash. Supreme Court strikes down death penalty as arbitrary, racially biased
The ruling was issued Oct. 11 and makes the state one of twenty to halt the use of death penalty.... Read more
Cardinal O’Malley expands sex abuse investigation to include all Boston seminaries
The Archdiocese of Boston announced Thursday that it is expanding its sex abuse investigation to include all three of its... Read more
Supreme Court rejects appeal in Tennessee death row case
A previously delayed execution in Tennessee will likely go ahead after the Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal from... Read more
Eastern European bishops want a focus on Eucharist, fatherhood in Youth Synod
Two Eastern European bishops asked the Synod of Bishops in Rome for a greater focus on the importance of the... Read more
A synod summary from the Polish synod fathers – Oct 12
“It is necessary to write a new document, based on the Instrumentum Laboris,” said the President of the Polish Bishops’... Read more
U.S. bishops hope Wuerl’s resignation is a step toward healing
Several U.S. bishops responding to the official resignation of Cardinal Donald Wuerl of Washington, D.C. expressed hope Friday that the... Read more
American pastor released in Turkey after years in detention
A Turkish court has released Pastor Andrew Brunson after two years’ detention, leaving him free to return to the United... Read more
