Bishop Peter Lin Jiashan was officially installed as head of the Fuzhou Diocese in Fujian province. Since 1997, Bishop Lin had refused to register with the government, and thus had not been recognized by Chinese authorities.
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Pope Francis names former Massachusetts bishop as archbishop of St. Louis
Archbishop Carlson, who has headed the St. Louis Archdiocese since 2009, is 75, the age at which canon law requires bishops to turn in their resignation to the pope. Bishop Mitchell T. Rozanski of Springfield, Massachusetts, will be his successor.
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Retired Bishop George Murry dies after two-year battle with leukemia
Bishop Murry served as chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism for a time and often spoke of the need of the church to more firmly address racism in its ranks and throughout society.
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English bishops express solidarity with U.S. protests against racism
The death of Floyd, 46, while in police custody in Minneapolis has triggered demonstrations in central London since late May.
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Washington Archbishop Wilton Gregory calls Trump’s visit to John Paul II Shrine ‘reprehensible’
Archbishop Gregory: “I find it baffling and reprehensible that any Catholic facility would allow itself to be so egregiously misused and manipulated in a fashion that violates our religious principles.”
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Bishops ‘sickened’ by Floyd’s death, say racism ‘real and present danger’
“Indifference is not an option,” said the chairmen of seven committees of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. They stated “unequivocally” that “racism is a life issue.”
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Bishop Dorsonville: It takes #AllofUS working together to prevail over Covid-19
The coronavirus has made clear how much we depend on the contributions of essential workers, many of them immigrants, writes Bishop Mario E. Dorsonville, chairman of the U.S. Bishops’ Committee on Migration.
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German bishops reject COVID-19 ‘conspiracy theories’ by prominent clergy
Conspiracy theories regarding coronavirus being espoused by prominent clergymen like Cardinal Gerhard Muller and Archbishop Carlo Vigano have been rejected not only by fellow bishops but by lay Catholics as well.
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In Appalachia and Silicon Valley, bishops see good and stark in the pandemic
Bishop John E. Stowe, of Lexington, Ky., reflects on what being a pastor is like during a pandemic.
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Podcast: How will the U.S. Catholic Church change after the coronavirus pandemic?
A conversation with Chris White, national correspondent for Crux.