Pope Francis has named Richard Garth Henning, 59, current bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, as the seventh Archbishop of Boston, the Vatican announced on Aug. 5.
In a brief statement, the Vatican said, “it cannot but join its voice with the others that have been raised in these last days to deplore the offense made to numerous Christians and believers of other religions.”
Catholic journalist Tony Spence, who viewed his work as a "vocation of love" and served as director and editor-in-chief of Catholic News Service, passed away in Nashville at the age of 71.
Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò was declared guilty of schism and excommunicated on July 4—another dramatic chapter in his fall from grace, following more than 40 years of faithful service as a Vatican diplomat. How did we get here?