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In All Things
June 15, 2015
Well, it has been some kind of morning here in Catholic media land.
Dispatches
June 15, 2015
The Archdiocese of St Paul and Minneapolis issued the following statement this morning from Archbishop John C Nienstedt In order to give the Archdiocese a new beginning amidst the many challenges we face I have submitted my resignation as Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis to our Holy Father
Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski
In All Things
June 10, 2015
As the June 18 release of the pope 39 s encyclical on the environment approaches pre-emptive commentary either lauding or diminishing its so-far unseen contents continues apace Asked to comment on the galloping punditry that has anticipated the encyclical Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski noted wit
Louisville Archbishop Joseph Kurtz
In All Things
June 10, 2015
U S Conference of Catholic Bishops President and Louisville Archbishop Joseph Kurtz said U S bishops would welcome and cooperate with a new episcopal governing mechanism confirmed in an announcement from Rome this morning The Vatican announced today that Pope Francis had accepted the recommendati
MORE BAD NEWS IN ST. PAUL/MINNEAPOLIS. The archdiocese declared bankruptcy in January and now faces criminal charges. Archbishop John Neinstedt is pictured here celebrating Mass in Rome in 2012.
Signs Of the Times
June 10, 2015
Criminal charges were filed on June 5 against the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis stemming from its handling of Curtis Wehmeyer, a troubled priest who was eventually convicted of child abuse in 2013 and defrocked in March 2015. Ramsey County prosecutors charged the archdiocese as a corporati
Dispatches
June 05, 2015
Criminal charges were filed today against the Archdiocese of St Paul and Minneapolis stemming from its handling of a troubled priest who was eventually convicted of child abuse in 2013 and defrocked in March Ramsey County prosecutors charged the archdiocese as a corporation with six gross misdeme
Dispatches
May 27, 2015
Memorial Day weekend produced headline-grabbing violence in three major U.S. cities.
Dispatches
May 22, 2015
UPDATE A referendum approving an amendment to the Irish constitution which will legalize same sex marriage has passed by a large margin as early polls had predicted The only surprise is how well the quot yes quot vote did across all segments of Irish society Many had predicted a generational di
Rohingya human trafficking victims held in a detention cell near the Thailand-Malaysian border in February. (CNS photo/Damir Sagolj, Reuters)
Politics & Society Dispatches
May 20, 2015
A few small but significant steps toward ending the suffering of Rohingya Muslims adrift on the Andaman Sea have been made in recent days Responding to broad international criticism of previous decisions to turn away boatloads of Rohingya landing on their shores Southeast Asian regional powers Mal
News
May 15, 2015
A Federal jury sentenced Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death today. The decision for death was reached despite a strong pushback against the use of capital punishment in the case from Boston Cardinal Sean O’Malley and the Massachusetts Catholic Conference of Bishops and the appea