Imprisoned Nicaraguan Bishop Rolando Álvarez appeared unexpectedly on Nicaraguan television March 24, more than six weeks after refusing to be exiled from his country, opting instead to face his sentence of 26 years behind bars.
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Pope Francis confirms ‘vulnerable adults’ are covered by updated Vatican sex abuse law
Pope Francis has updated the procedures for investigating allegations of sexual abuse, expanding the rules of “Vos Estis” to include Catholic lay leaders, who have the same responsibilities over members as a bishop over priests.
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U.S. bishops: Human composting is unacceptable for Catholic burials
Human composting and alkaline hydrolysis do not satisfy the Catholic Church’s requirements for proper respect for the dead, the U.S. bishops said in a recent statement.
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Bishop Rhoades: ‘Reproductive justice’ lecture series with abortion doula a ‘scandal,’ ‘unworthy’ of University of Notre Dame
The decision “to provide an unanswered activist’s case that abortion is a tool of justice for the marginalized,” Bishop Kevin Rhoades wrote, “is a grave mistake in judgment that creates scandal.”
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U.S. bishops: Medically changing person’s sex characteristics to those of opposite sex ‘not morally justified’
The bishops urged “particular care” be taken “to protect children and adolescents, who are still maturing and who are not capable of providing informed consent” for surgical procedures or treatments such as chemical puberty blockers.
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Brooklyn’s Bishop Brennan on parish diversity, church closings and his move from Ohio to New York
A conversation with Bishop Brennan about what it’s like to switch dioceses as a bishop and the future of parish life in an era of church closings and reorganization.
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Bishop Daniel Flores named to synod preparatory commission
Cardinal Mario Grech, secretary-general of the Synod, has named Bishop Daniel E. Flores of Brownsville, Texas, and six others to be members of the preparatory commission for the general assembly of the Synod of Bishops in October.
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Cardinal Cupich on 10 years of Pope Francis: women, LGBT Catholics, sex abuse and what comes next
In a wide-ranging interview with America, Cardinal Blase Cupich reflected on what Pope Francis has accomplished so far, describing the Francis era as “a historic papacy” that comes at “a watershed moment” for the church.
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Traditional Latin Mass moves off Steubenville campus after Vatican restrictions
A Catholic university in Ohio is making alternate arrangements for students to attend what is commonly called the “traditional Latin Mass,” after the local bishop implemented recently issued restrictions from the Vatican.
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Nearly 5,000 attend funeral Mass for murdered LA bishop David O’Connell
Los Angeles Auxiliary Bishop David G. O’Connell was remembered as a man “gripped by grace” as nearly 5,000 attended a funeral Mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels March 3.