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Pope Francis has appointed Bishop Borys Gudziak of the Paris-based Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of St. Volodymyr the Great to be the seventh metropolitan-archbishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia.
The Lemon test has three parts — “prongs,” Burger styled them — any one of them capable of rendering a church-state interaction unconstitutional: a “legitimate secular purpose,” a primary effect that “neither advances nor inhibits” religion, and no “excessive entanglement” between government and religion.
Bishop Antons Justs, the retired bishop of Jelgava, Latvia, and a former priest of the Diocese of Arlington, died Feb. 17 at the age of 87.
The church marks the spot where St. Paul was beheaded at the order of the Emperor Nero and is known as Tre Fontane due to local lore that fountains sprung up after Paul’s head bounced three times on the ground.
The Syro-Malabar Eastern-rite community finds a permanent home in Chantilly.
The historic meeting in Rome brings together 190 church leaders.
It was only after Jesus had died, was raised and ascended into heaven that, by the gift of the Holy Spirit, the disciples finally understood and could witness to the meaning of their master’s mission.
Grant us the grace to be faithful until death, when our whispered promises, quietly lived, will merit a chorus of exultant praise and heavenly glory.
The Vatican's removal from the priesthood of Theodore E. McCarrick "is a clear signal that abuse will not be tolerated," said the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Feb. 16.
The accusations surrounding former U.S. Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick have been hanging over U.S. bishops and faith communities in the dioceses and archdioceses where he served -- New York, Metuchen and Newark in New Jersey, and Washington -- since last year.
