The decision affects Bishop Michael J. Bransfield, retired bishop of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia, who left his position in September 2018 under a cloud of allegations of sexual and financial misconduct.
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Georgetown reparations plan for slaves sold by university draws criticism from students
Georgetown announced it would commit to raising around $400,000 a year to create a fund for reparations to the descendants of 272 slaves sold by the college in the pre-Civil War era.
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Brazil’s Indigenous Missionary Council blames government for murder
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been recorded several times stating that he does not agree with the number and size of indigenous territories.
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Iran furthers nuclear program on anniversary of U.S. Embassy crisis
Tehran has gone from producing some 450 grams (1 pound) of low-enriched uranium a day to 5 kilograms (11 pounds)
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Eldest Mercy sister in world dies at age 111
The eldest Sister of Mercy in the world and possibly the oldest living religious died Oct. 25 at the age of 111 at the Convent of Mercy retirement home in Mobile.
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Pope Francis recalls persecuted Christians during Mass in catacombs
Celebrating Mass in the underground burial chamber, Pope Francis said he naturally thought “of the life of those people who had to hide, who had this culture of burying their dead and celebrating the Eucharist inside here.”
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Cardinal Dolan: I would not have denied Joe Biden Communion
While saying the priest who denied Joseph R. Biden communion “had a good point,” Cardinal Timothy Dolan said he would not have done so himself.
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Francis A. Sullivan, leading expert on ecclesiology, dies at 97
His funeral Mass was celebrated in the Chapel of the Holy Spirit at the Campion Center Oct. 29, followed by interment in Campion Center Cemetery.
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Confusion arises over T.P.S. for Salvadorans
It’s unclear what the announcement means when only the work permits have been extended.
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New bishop of Wheeling-Charleston seeks ‘amends for harm’ to church by predecessor
Bishop Brennan was “dismayed by the continued revelations concerning former Bishop Michael Bransfield’s misdeeds.”