In the US, with Cardinal Wuerl stepping down, who’s next?
RNS The buzz about the resignation of Cardinal Donald Wuerl, who heads the archdiocese of Washington, DC, and whose resignation the Pope accepted on Friday, had a lot to do with his position: technically, as some outlets pointed out, Wuerl is the most highly ranked member of the American Catholic hierarchy to lose his office […]
ESSAY: PRESSING POPE TO ACCEPT HIS RESIGNATION, US CARDINAL WUERL DOES THE RIGHT THING
US Jesuit priest THOMAS REESE, in an article first published on Religion News, says US Cardinal Donald Wuerl’s decision to ask the Pope to accept his resignation is the right move…
Cardinal Wuerl says he will meet with Pope to discuss possible resignation
RNS In this 17th April, 2015, file photo, Pope Francis, left, talks with Papal Foundation Chairman Cardinal Donald Wuerl, Archbishop of Washington, DC, during a meeting with members of the Papal Foundation at the Vatican. On 14th August, a Pennsylvania grand jury accused Wuerl of helping to protect abusive priests when he was Pittsburgh’s bishop. […]
Report alleges decades of child sex abuse by Pennsylvania priests, cover-up by bishops
RNS Pennsylvania’s Attorney General Josh Shapiro has released a more than 1,300 page grand jury report detailing allegations of widespread sexual abuse of more than 1,000 children by Catholic priests in the state, naming hundreds of clerics accused of misconduct over 70 years and accusing church officials of a “systemic” cover-up. Shapiro unveiled the report at a […]