Tag: Bishops

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Vatican Official Reminds Bishops: Diocesan Bankruptcies Could Require Vatican Approval

Bishops Bankruptcies Vatican Approval Title: Vatican Official Reminds Bishops: Diocesan Bankruptcies Could Require Vatican Approval Author: JD Flynn and Ed Condon Publisher: National Catholic Register Date: 23JUN2020 Several dioceses in the United States have declared bankruptcy in the last year, several doing so after states passed laws opening a window in the statue of limitations

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Irish laypeople deplore bishops’ financial opacity, clericalism in managing diocesan accounts

Irish Laypeople deplore clericalism Title: Irish laypeople deplore bishops’ financial opacity, clericalism in managing diocesan accounts Author: Cameron Doody Publisher: Novena News Date: 22JUN2020 Irish laypeople have deplored their bishops’ financial opacity and clericalism in managing diocesan accounts. The complaint came in the latest edition of the transparency tables of We Are Church Ireland. The importance

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Opinion

Who speaks for the Catholic church?

Catholic Church Australia Warhurst Title: Who speaks for the Catholic church? Author: John Warhurst Publisher: Eureka Street Date: 18JUN2020 Discussion of church life in Australia is incomplete without consideration of who speaks for the church at the national level. The answer to the question ‘Who presides over the Catholic church in Australia?’ is more complicated than

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Abuse scandal linked to status of women in Church

Clergy Abuse Women Leadership Title: Abuse scandal linked to status of women in Church Author: Christa Pongratz-Lippitt Publisher: The Tablet Date: 16JUN2020 It is a ‘matter of urgency’ to have more women in leading positions: Cardinal Marx Cardinal Reinhard Marx has reiterated how urgent it is to appoint more women leaders in the Church.  “Changes

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A Plenary of Broken Promises?

Plenary Broken Promises Australia Title: A Plenary of Broken Promises? Author: Gail Freyne Publisher: John Menadue-Pearls & Irritations Date: 17JUN2020 When the people in the pews get so restless that evidence of deceptive dealing at the top of the Catholic Church in Australia starts falling off the back of trucks these same leaders should know

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The Parish Church, Vigano, and Nathan Doe

Vigano McCarrick Nathan Doe Title: The Parish Church, Vigano, and Nathan Doe Author: Father Mark White Publisher: Father Mark White Blog Date: 15JUN2020 A parish = part of the earth. A part of the earth, with a church. A parish church = a building with a baptismal font, a confessional, a pulpit, an altar, a

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A Map of L.A.’s Accused Pedophile Priests

Clergy Abuse Rossetti Tapes Title: A Map of L.A.’s Accused Pedophile Priests Author: Social Connected KCET Staff Publisher: KCET Date: 11JUN2020 Watch Socal Connected’s exclusive 2012 investigative report revealing straight talk from church officials about how to deal with sexually abusive priests — by reassigning them. Full Transcript: Rosetti Tape Reveals How Church Dealt with Sexually

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Opinion

MY WORD: How are you justified, Bishop Knestout?

Knestout White Battle Conscience Title: MY WORD: How are you justified, Bishop Knestout? Author: Gene Thomas Gomulka Publisher: Martinsville Bulletin Date: 10JUN2020 An open letter to Bishop Barry Knestout of the Diocese of Richmond: I recently published an article entitled, “Episcopal Abuse of Power,” which relied heavily upon input provided by the priests of your diocese.

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