Gretchen R. Crowe shares her joy at the news that Pope Francis had named Father David Bonnar of Pittsburgh and editor of The Priest magazine as bishop of Youngstown, Ohio. She writes: “Father Bonnar has ...
Pope Francis has named Father David J. Bonnar, pastor of St. Aidan Parish in Wexford, Pennsylvania, to be bishop of the Diocese of Youngstown, Ohio. He succeeds Bishop George V. Murry, who died June 5 after ...
Russell Shaw writes that one thing is clear following the release of the McCarrick report: The Church needs a meaningful degree of proactive transparency regarding the process by which bishops continue to be appointed and ...
On Thursday, two years to the day that the Holy See and China signed an agreement allowing the pope to approve bishops in the country, the sides officially renewed the pact before it was set ...
The Vatican and the Chinese government will extend an agreement signed in 2018 regarding the appointment of bishops. As the initial agreement expired Oct. 22, the two sides "have agreed to extend the experimental implementation phase ...
President Donald Trump's announcement he and first lady Melania Trump tested positive for COVID-19 "is a sobering reminder of our shared vulnerability, but also our common responsibility for the good of one another," Chicago Cardinal ...
As Archbishop John J. Myers was installed as to lead the Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey, in 2001, he inherited a faith community that was reeling from the 9/11 terrorist attacks on neighboring New York ...
Pope Francis has named as auxiliary bishops for the Archdiocese of Chicago two archdiocesan priests and a Franciscan friar who has been serving in the archdiocese since 2005.
The U.S. bishops will conduct their annual fall general meeting virtually in November rather than meet in person as has been the bishops' practice. The move was brought about by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The ...
As he was installed as the new spiritual leader of the Archdiocese of St. Louis, Archbishop Mitchell T. Rozanski urged people to recall the words of Jesus to love one another in the face of social ...
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