Priest from Pittsburgh appointed bishop of Youngstown (Vatican News) The Holy Father has appointed as bishop of Youngstown (USA) the Rev. David J. Bonnar, of the clergy of the Diocese of Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania), currently pastor of Saint Aidan Parish in Wexford…
Bishops air feelings, solutions at meeting following McCarrick Report (CNS) Bishop Joseph E. Strickland of Tyler, Texas, said the recently released report on former cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, describing his ascent to highest rungs of the church, even amid rumors of abuse, read like a list of the seven deadly sins. “Lust, greed, gluttony, wrath, sloth, envy, pride — pretty much the report covers all of them,” said Bishop Strickland, during the more than half hour the U.S. Conference Catholic Bishops allowed the prelates Nov. 16 to discuss the report released by the Vatican Nov. 10. It was the first time the U.S. prelates as a group discussed the findings of the investigation of one its own after its long-awaited release…
Gregory calls for ‘transparency, contrition’ after McCarrick Report (CNA) Archbishop Wilton Gregory of Washington, D.C., called for transparency after the Vatican’s release of the McCarrick Report last week. In a statement on Monday, Archbishop Gregory, who will be made a cardinal by Pope Francis later this month, called the report’s release on Nov. 10 “a step forward, albeit much delayed” in examining Theodore McCarrick’s rise to becoming a cardinal, and the need for “accountability” among bishops. Gregory said that the Church must overcome “challenges to our integrity” to move forward, which “will require time and transparency, contrition and commitment, prayer and reconciliation, authenticity and humility…”
Felony charges for people who vandalized Serra statue (CNS) San Francisco’s archbishop called a district attorney’s decision to prosecute protesters arrested for toppling a St. Junipero Serra statue outside a Catholic church on charges of felony vandalism “a breakthrough moment for Catholics.” It is “the first time that any of the lawbreakers attacking statues of St. Junipero Serra and other acts of vandalism on Catholic Church property across California will be held accountable for their actions in a court of law,” said San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordelione in a statement Nov. 13…
Polish cardinal accused of abuse dies (AP) Henryk Gulbinowicz, a prominent Polish cardinal who only days ago was sanctioned by the Vatican over accusations he had sexually abused a seminarian and covered up abuse in another case, has died. He was 97. The Polish Bishops’ Conference said Gulbinowicz died Monday morning, adding in a brief statement: “Lord, give him eternal rest…”
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