Signs Of the Times
From AP, CNS, RNS, Staff and other sourcesAugust 01, 2011
It was the third episcopal ordination this year arranged by China’s State Administration for Religious Affairs that had not received papal approval.
Signs Of the Times
August 01, 2011
The move followed the publication of the Cloyne Report on clerical sexual abuse and "denotes the seriousness of the situation," the Vatican said.
Signs Of the Times
From AP, CNS, RNS, Staff and other sourcesAugust 01, 2011
An investigation by a government panel suggests a continuing failure of the Irish church to implement its own child protection procedures.
Signs Of the Times
August 01, 2011
Archbishop Pietro Sambi was a career diplomat who also served as ambassador to Israel and Palestine.
Signs Of the Times
From AP, CNS, RNS, Staff and other sourcesAugust 01, 2011
On July 19 Pope Benedict XVI accepted the resignation of Cardinal Justin Rigali of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia and named Archbishop Charles Chaput, O.F.M.Cap., of Denver to succeed him.