Pope Leo XIV has named a successor to the embattled archbishop of New Orleans two weeks after the archdiocese agreed to a $230 million settlement for survivors of clergy sexual abuse.
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Chicago archdiocese’s plan to award Senator Durbin for immigration work meets pushback over abortion
Bishop Thomas J. Paprocki of Springfield, Ill., in whose diocese Senator Dick Durbin resides, said he was “shocked” by the announcement due to Durbin’s public position on abortion.
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Pope Leo tells new bishops: You are called to be humble servants
Pope Leo XIV spent more than three hours this morning with 192 new bishops from around the world, including from the United States.
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Bishops and Catholic leaders call for prayer after conservative activist Charlie Kirk shot and killed
Kirk was 31 and a married father with two young children. He was shot in the neck, reportedly by a sniper from a campus building. The suspect is still at large, and a manhunt is underway, according to law enforcement officials.
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Pope Leo erects new diocese in China, names new bishop
“With a desire to promote the pastoral care of the Lord’s flock and to attend more effectively to its spiritual well-being,” Pope Leo decided to suppress the dioceses of Xuanhua and Xiwanzi and to erect the new diocese of Zhangjiakou, the Vatican press office said Sept. 10.
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US bishops’ president calls for special collection for Catholic aid groups in Gaza
The president of the U.S. bishops’ conference called for a special collection to bolster the Catholic Church’s response to a deepening humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip as the Israel-Hamas war continues to grind on.
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Archbishop Wenski: Trump secured the border. It’s time for immigration reform—not ‘Alligator Alcatraz.’
“Congress should do something — and Catholics should encourage their congresspeople to intervene, and to provide something more than just an enforcement-only approach to the challenges of immigration.”
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Cardinal Pizzaballa: Christ is not absent from Gaza. He is crucified in the wounded.
Cardinal Pizzaballa and Patriarch Theophilos III gave a press conference after visiting the Holy Family Parish church, which was struck by Israeli forces.
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Archbishop Wenski leads ‘Knights on Bikes’ to pray rosary at Alligator Alcatraz
Archbishop Wenski of Miami and some 25 Knights of Columbus saddled up their motorcycles to pray a rosary at the entrance of Alligator Alcatraz, the migrant detention center recently opened in the Florida Everglades.
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At 47, Pope Leo’s pick to lead Oregon diocese will be youngest U.S. bishop
Father Thomas Hennen, vicar general of the Diocese of Davenport, Iowa, has been appointed Bishop of Baker, Oregon.