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Pope accepts resignation of bishop who heads Minnesota's Crookston Diocese
On: 4/13/2021, Maria Wiering, , In: Nation
ST. PAUL, Minn. (CNS) -- Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop Michael J. Hoeppner, 71, who has headed the Diocese of Crookston, Minnesota, since 2007. The pope also named retired Bishop Richard E. Pates of Des Moines, Iowa, to serve as ...

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Pope accepts resignation of bishop who heads Minnesota's Crookston Diocese
On: 4/13/2021, Maria Wiering, , In: Nation
ST. PAUL, Minn. (CNS) -- Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop Michael J. Hoeppner, 71, who has headed the Diocese of Crookston, Minnesota, since 2007. The pope also named retired Bishop Richard E. Pates of Des Moines, Iowa, to serve as ...

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Accountability, transparency, due process still needed, abuse experts say
On: 4/13/2021, Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service , In: World
ROME (CNS) -- To help foster a wider discussion on work that still must be done to safeguard minors and vulnerable people in the Catholic Church, a canon law journal published a series of talks by experts regarding accountability, transparency and confidentiality ...

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Italy issues arrest warrant for broker in Vatican property deal
On: 4/13/2021, Junno Arocho Esteves, , In: World
Italian authorities issued an arrest warrant for Gianluigi Torzi, an Italian broker who served as the middleman in the Vatican's majority stake purchase of a property in London's posh Chelsea district. According to court documents, Italy's finance police ...

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Prevention, healing work better when faiths work together, says priest
On: 4/12/2021, Mark Pattison, , In: Nation
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Jesuit Father Hans Zollner, one of the Vatican's top experts in the field of clergy sexual abuse, said during an interfaith symposium on the subject that working together will help eliminate sexual abuse in different faiths. "I've ...

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NCEA convention highlights Catholic educators in challenging pandemic year
On: 4/12/2021, Carol Zimmermann, , In: Nation
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The annual gathering of Catholic educators from around the country April 6-8 was in many ways a tribute to how they have done their jobs this past year amid COVID-19. It also was a road map of sorts to the hurdles they have faced ...

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Pharmaceutical companies urged to stop using abortion-derived cell lines

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities has launched a campaign urging Catholics to write letters to pharmaceutical companies urging them to stop the use of abortion-derived cell lines in the development and testing of vaccines.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (CNS) -- Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop Michael J. Hoeppner, 71, who has headed the Diocese of Crookston, Minnesota, since 2007. The pope also named retired Bishop Richard E. Pates of Des Moines, Iowa, to serve as apostolic administrator of the 14-county diocese in northwestern Minnesota.

ROME (CNS) -- To help foster a wider discussion on work that still must be done to safeguard minors and vulnerable people in the Catholic Church, a canon law journal published a series of talks by experts regarding accountability, transparency and confidentiality in the handling of abuse allegations.

Italian authorities issued an arrest warrant for Gianluigi Torzi, an Italian broker who served as the middleman in the Vatican's majority stake purchase of a property in London's posh Chelsea district.

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Jesuit Father Hans Zollner, one of the Vatican's top experts in the field of clergy sexual abuse, said during an interfaith symposium on the subject that working together will help eliminate sexual abuse in different faiths.

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The annual gathering of Catholic educators from around the country April 6-8 was in many ways a tribute to how they have done their jobs this past year amid COVID-19. It also was a road map of sorts to the hurdles they have faced and will continue to as the nation moves out of the grips of the pandemic.