Vatican: Nuns Who Feuded With Texas Bishop Will Be Governed by Monastery Association
The Holy See ordered the nuns to ‘withdraw and rescind your declaration’ challenging the bishop’s authority.
The Holy See ordered the nuns to ‘withdraw and rescind your declaration’ challenging the bishop’s authority.
Inspector General Michael Horowitz’s 10-page report on the memo, which was condemned by the U.S. bishops, along with many Catholic leaders, was released Thursday.
Responding to the new rule on Friday, Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, Bishop Kevin Rhoades said in a statement that “no employer should be forced to participate in an employee’s decision to end the life of their child.”
The violence in the country is part of a broader conflict that involves several countries in the African Sahel region, such as Mali, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria, where Christians also suffer persecution.
Alliance Defending Freedom Legal Counsel Rachel Rouleau expressed concerns that the Biden administration’s new definition would negatively impact the rights of girls and women in education institutions.
The security director praised the diocese’s team of officers, who were hired last year and whom the diocese recently began to place in schools.
Aim Fire at Cardinal Seán O’Malley
Her departure comes as a number of Catholic universities have sought to make themselves more hospitable to Jewish students amid the war between Israel and Hamas since the Oct. 7 attack on innocents in Israel.
Magistrates and judges who wish to resign from office before the retirement age can only do so with the approval of the Pope.
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