Pope Francis has deposed the controversial bishop of Ciudad del Este in Paraguay Monsignor Rogelio Ricardo Livieres Plano by relieving him of his duties as bishop of that diocese and declaring the see vacant nbsp The bishop was accused not only of incardinating a priest into his diocese in 2005

Patti Gallagher Mansfield is a New Orleans-based author speaker and leader in the Catholic Charismatic Renewal An early American pioneer of the movement she was present when the Charismatic Renewal began at a retreat for students from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh Penn in February 1967 On

The former nuncio to the Dominican Republic Archbishop Jozef Wesolowski was placed under house arrest on Sept 23 to prevent him from escaping justice or tampering with evidence the Director of the Vatican Press Office Fr Federico Lombardi S J told reporters today He will be tried at the end

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Recently in a corner of a small island in the North Atlantic an elderly man died He was 88 years old and had been in failing health for some time In his life he had started out as an ordained minister and along the way unavoidably or more accurately eagerly got involved in politics With h