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Archbishop Etienne discusses how he is preparing for the Synod (National Catholic Reporter)
Posted on 09/27/2023 06:09 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
“I have spent the past several weeks renewing my prayer life, longing for greater receptivity to the voice of the Holy Spirit, to better discern in communion with the other synod delegates and our Holy Father, Francis, how best to carry out the mission of the Church today,” he writes.
Archbishop Etienne recently asked all the archdiocese’s pastors to resign and then rescinded his request. He lives in a $2.4-million home purchased for him by the archdiocese.
Accused Australian bishop once testified to royal commission about Church's 'massive failure' in addressing abuse (The Guardian)
Posted on 09/27/2023 05:09 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
In 2016, Bishop Saunders told a royal commission that “I would agree that there has been a massive failure on behalf of the Church to respond appropriately to the issues and the matters and the allegations of sexual abuse throughout Australia.”
“We have all of us, I think – certainly myself, anyway – sat with victims of child abuse, and it strikes deeply into your heart to listen to the story of a person, somebody that you know, even somebody that you have just met,” the prelate added at the time.
Australia’s Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse was established in 2013 and issued its final report in 2017.
Pro-abortion group protests Brooklyn bishop's appearance at Mass on campus (Campus Reform)
Posted on 09/27/2023 05:09 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
Queens College “recognizes and respects the right of the bishop and his staff to visit and perform services at the invitation of the Newman Center as well as the right of those who disagree with their views to peacefully protest,” a college spokesman said.
Princeton professor, others call for new investgation of Thedore McCarrick (National Catholic Register)
Posted on 09/27/2023 04:09 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
“Of course the report is deficient!” said George. “It’s deficient because it doesn’t provide the faithful with the information they are entitled to have: 1) how McCarrick acquired and maintained over decades the extraordinary influence he had — especially in respect to episcopal appointments and advancements; and 2) on whose behalf he brought that influence to bear, and why.”
“On top of that we need to know who in the hierarchy knew of McCarrick’s crimes and when they knew it,” George added. “How high up the chain was it known that Theodore McCarrick was a predator and a fraud?”
CWN editor Phil Lawler is among those who offered comments for the article.
Papal audience: report on visit to Marseille, new vision for Mediterranean (Vatican Press Office)
Posted on 09/27/2023 04:09 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
The challenge that the conference faced, the Pope said, was “that the Mediterranean might recover its vocation,” and become “a laboratory of civilization and peace.”
The result of the conference, the Pope continued, was “an outlook on the Mediterranean that I would call simply human, not ideology, not politically correct or instrumental—no, human—that is, capable of referring everything to the primary value of the human person and his or her inviolable dignity.”
Cardinal Mario Grech seen as 'central figure in Pope's plan to change Catholic Church' (National Catholic Reporter)
Posted on 09/27/2023 04:09 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
“He had a very, very strong opinion and then he changed,” said Joseanne Peregin, a founder of the Drachma parents’ group, a Maltese organization described in the article as “a welcome space for LGBTQ+ Catholics.”
“And the reason for that change was meeting the people,” she added. “This synodal process, he lived it. He lives it. If I was the Pope, I would want exactly those kinds of people.”
Vatican archbishop, at UN, urges steps toward disarmament (Vatican Press Office)
Posted on 09/27/2023 04:09 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
Achieving the total elimination of nuclear weapons requires a collective response based on mutual trust. The International community must continue to explore ways to enhance cooperative security toward that end.
Papal abuse commission issues scathing statement on continued abuse cover-ups (Crux)
Posted on 09/27/2023 04:09 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
“Every day seems to bring forth new evidence of abuse, as well as cover up and mishandling by Church leadership around the world,” the commission said.
The September 27 statement from the commission, which was created by Pope Francis, comes as prominent figures in Rome question the handling of complaints against Father Marko Rupnik, and the Pope’s involvement in his case.
“We are long overdue in fixing the flaws in procedures that leave victims wounded and in the dark both during and after cases have been decided,” the papal commission protested.
Heads of Germany's Synodal Way seek papal talks on resolutions (Pillar)
Posted on 09/27/2023 04:09 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
Belgian bishop complains Vatican won't move against disgraced colleague (AP)
Posted on 09/27/2023 03:09 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
Bishop Roger Vangheluwe of Bruges resigned in 2010, after admitting to “a little bit of intimacy” with two nephews. He has subsequently been the subject of other abuse complaints.
Bishop Bonny told a broadcast interviewer that the Belgian bishops have urged the Vatican to laicize Bishop Vangheluwe, but have not been given any response. “I want to honestly say that our conference of bishops has been asking Rome to do this for years,” he said.