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Cardinal Edward M. Egan joins Pope Benedict XVI at the altar during Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York April 19 during the pope's 2008 U.S. visit. (CNS photo/Nancy Wiechec)
FaithNews
Dave Collins - The Associated Press
The report singles out Cardinal Edward Egan, who served as Bridgeport bishop from 1988 to 2000 before becoming cardinal in New York; former Bishop Walter Curtis; and former Bishop Lawrence J. Shehan.
Pope Francis and Cardinal Raymundo Damasceno Assis of Aparecida, Brazil, walk to a meeting of cardinals in the synod hall at the Vatican Feb. 20, 2014. In a statement released by the Vatican Sept. 28, 2019, the pope named Cardinal Damasceno as pontifical commissioner of the Heralds of the Gospel and its religious branches for consecrated men and women. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) 
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
The Vatican said the reason for the apostolic visitation in 2017 was due to “shortcomings concerning the style of government, the life of the members of the council, the pastoral care of vocations, the formation of new vocations, administration, the management of works and fundraising.”
FaithDispatches
Kerry Weber
“Someone once said to me that the St. Louis Jesuits wrote the spiritual soundtrack to our lives,” said John Limb, former publisher of Oregon Catholic Press, the publisher of the St. Louis Jesuits. “For those of us of a certain age, that was true.”
Photo courtesy of Rev. Justino Rezende
FaithDispatches
Eduardo Campos Lima
The church has made a great effort to build a genuinely indigenous Catholic tradition in the Amazon region, reports Eduardo Campos Lima, and indigenous leaders have great hopes for the upcoming synod.
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Pope Francis received Fr. James Martin S.J. in the papal library of the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace this morning.
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Pope Francis denounced “the globalization of indifference” as he celebrated Mass in St Peter’s Square on the 105th World Day of Migrants and Refugees on Sept. 29.