Pope Francis warned the bishops that many in the media and the general public will be focusing on those two issues — married priests and women deacons — while he wanted to focus on the social, pastoral, ecological and cultural challenges facing the Amazon region.
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Bishop Robert W. McElroy: Single-issue voting ‘distorts call to authentic discipleship’
Bishop McElroy added, “There is no mandate in universal Catholic social teaching that gives a categorical priority to either of these issues as uniquely determinative of the common good.”
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Cardinal Mueller criticized for his Nazi comparison of Germany’s synodal way process
ZdK president Thomas Sternberg told Germany’s Catholic News Agency (KNA): “There is criticism that disqualifies itself. It is so removed from everyday life that it cannot be taken seriously.”
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Bankruptcy in Diocese of Buffalo appears imminent
“In response to the magnitude of the number of claims, lawsuits and alleged damages, the (Central Administrative Offices) has determined that a filing of a voluntary petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the Federal Bankruptcy Code is imminent,” the diocese’s 2019 financial report said.
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What it’s like to get to know your bishop on pilgrimage
Mychael Schilmoeller was part of a delegation of young adults who accompanied their bishops on their “ad limina” visit to Rome to meet with Pope Francis.
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Pope Francis, U.S. bishops talk about political polarization infecting the church
Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles said the issue of migration was among the topics discussed with the pope, who told them “how it’s important for all of us in the church to be open and welcome immigrants.”
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Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re is the new Dean of the College of Cardinals
He succeeds Cardinal Angelo Sodano, 92, who was dean for almost 15 years.
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Archbishop Chaput says successor is ‘exactly the man our church needs’
The outgoing archbishop of Philadelphia, Charles J. Chaput, has high praise for his successor, Bishop Nelson J. Perez of Cleveland.
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Bishops express sorrow, support after U.S. firefighters die in Australia
The three Americans were among eight firefighters and 31 people total who have died in the wildfires since September.
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Pope Francis appoints Bishop Perez, son of Cuban exiles, as new archbishop of Philadelphia
Bishop Nelson J. Perez becomes the third Hispanic archbishop in the United States and the first to serve in this archdiocese.