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Rhina Guidos - Catholic News Service
After calling for transparency and dialogue in the country, Cardinal Gregorio Rosa Chavez, auxiliary bishop of San Salvador, found himself under attack, including being called a "Judas" and other names via social media.
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The money comes from an emergency fund established using part of the proceeds the bishops' conference collects each year from citizens' tax designations.
A file photo shows a priest hearing confession at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Beijing. The Chinese government said that in addition to meeting health requirements after the COVID-19 outbreak, priests must "preach on patriotism" as a condition for reopening their churches. (CNS photo/Damir Sagolj, Reuters)
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Catholic News Service
Bishop Peter Lin Jiashan was officially installed as head of the Fuzhou Diocese in Fujian province. Since 1997, Bishop Lin had refused to register with the government, and thus had not been recognized by Chinese authorities.
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Archbishop Carlson, who has headed the St. Louis Archdiocese since 2009, is 75, the age at which canon law requires bishops to turn in their resignation to the pope. Bishop Mitchell T. Rozanski of Springfield, Massachusetts, will be his successor.
Retired Bishop George V. Murry of Youngstown, Ohio, is seen in St. Louis in this 2017 file photo. Bishop Murry, who submitted his resignation to Pope Francis for health reasons May 26, 2020, died June 5 at Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital in New York. (CNS photo/Lisa Johnston, St. Louis Review)
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Pete Sheehan - Catholic News Service
Bishop Murry served as chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism for a time and often spoke of the need of the church to more firmly address racism in its ranks and throughout society.
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Simon Caldwell - Catholic News Service
The death of Floyd, 46, while in police custody in Minneapolis has triggered demonstrations in central London since late May.