The former prelate had stayed a little over one year at St. Fidelis Friary, run by the Capuchin Franciscan order in Victoria, Kansas. While his new residence has not been publicly disclosed, one diocese vociferously declared that McCarrick was not within its territory.
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French bishops allow removing gender IDs for parents on baptism certificates
The “ever-more-complex situation of families in France” had made compiling Catholic documents “sometimes difficult,” especially with baptisms.
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U.S.C.C.B. president urges world leaders to pursue dialogue and seek peace
The statement from Archbishop Gomez comes five days after the U.S. launched a drone strike that killed Gen. Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad.
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Report: McCarrick fund gave more than $600,000 to clerics, including two popes
Though the majority of the $6 million the fund raised in almost two decades went to charities, many priests and more than 60 cardinals and archbishops benefited from it.
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Pennsylvania dioceses offer $84M to 564 clergy abuse victims
Lawmakers recently agreed to begin the lengthy process of amending the state constitution to allow a two-year window for civil suits otherwise barred by the statute of limitations, but there’s no guarantee that effort will bear fruit.
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Washington Post publishes Vatican report on West Virginia investigation
The Washington Post published the 60-page document on Dec. 23 on its website, which describes previously published accounts of alleged abuse and financial misconduct by retired Bishop Michael J. Bransfield, including “troubling incidents” that caused concern by some church workers that he may have targeted minor altar servers for abuse.
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House bill improves existing system for farmworkers, farmers, say bishops
The measure, H.R. 4916, which now goes to the Senate for a vote, would improve conditions for immigrant farmworkers and their families
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Tensions arise in Canada around bishops’ inquiry of Haitian group
The story sparked outrage in some Canadian Catholic circles.
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After British election, bishop urges vigilance on issues
The opposition Labour Party suffered its worst defeat since 1935.
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We’ve been bishops in 3 death penalty states. It’s time to stop federal executions for good.
A federal judge has placed federal executions on hold. Archbishop Paul S. Coakley, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory and Bishop Frank J. Dewane write that we should turn back permanently from the path of death.