Pope names Jesuit educator bishop of Hong Kong

Pope Francis has named Jesuit Fr Stephen Chow Sau-yan, a native of Hong Kong and provincial of the Jesuits’ Chinese province, to be the new bishop of Hong Kong. The appointment of the 61-year-old Jesuit, who also serves as supervisor of the Jesuits’ Wah Yan colleges in Hong Kong, was announced by the Vatican on 17th May. In an article published in November in Hong Kong’s Ming Pao Weekly magazine, Fr Chow said... Read More

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May 19, 2021

Bishop on hand to celebrate Br Harold’s 90th birthday

Parishioners of St Mary’s, Whittingham and St Ninian’s in Wooler, Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle, were delighted to welcome Bishop Robert Byrne to celebrate Mass at Shepherd’s Law Hermitage, near Eglingham in Northumberland, in honour of its resident hermit, Brother Harold. Mrs Morton-Gledhill, treasurer of the Friends of Shepherd’s Law, takes up the story. St... Read More

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May 13, 2021

Pope Francis accepts resignation of Polish bishop accused of cover-up

Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop Jan Tyrawa of Bydgoszcz, the latest bishop accused of covering up sexual abuse by clergy. The bishops’ conference said the Vatican had “conducted proceedings on reported negligence” in line with the pontiff’s May 2019 motu proprio, “Vos estis lux mundi,” and had also taken account of “other difficulties” facing Bishop Tyrawa. Poland’s Catholic Wiez bimonthly said on... Read More

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May 11, 2021

Bishop warns over complacency as Ireland returns to public Mass

While Catholics across the Republic of Ireland are right to have a feeling of deep satisfaction over the resumption of public ceremonies, Covid complacency remains the enemy, the Bishop of Limerick has warned. Bishop Brendan Leahy urged the faithful not to allow such complacency to undo all of the good work of the past few... Read More

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May 11, 2021

San Diego bishop: Don’t weaponise the Eucharist for political ends

“The Eucharist must never be instrumentalised for a political end, no matter how important,” said Bishop Robert W. McElroy of San Diego in an essay recently published on the website of America Magazine, the Jesuit journal. Because of efforts by some US bishops to exclude Catholic politicians – including President Joe Biden – from receiving Communion, “the Eucharist is being weaponised and deployed as a... Read More

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May 1, 2021

Ukrainian bishop says Russian troops instilling fear in border regions

A Catholic bishop from eastern Ukraine said tensions remain high despite an announced withdrawal of Russian forces. “Nothing has changed – the great bulk of Russian forces are still here, as fighting flares intermittently and people still die,” said Bishop Stanislav Szyrokoradiuk of Odessa-Simferopol. “The east and south of Ukraine are areas of greatest Russification... Read More

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April 19, 2021

Further delay in resettling refugee children ‘appalling’, says Irish bishop

Following further delays to the resettlement of children to Ireland from the Moria refugee camp in Greece, the Bishop of Ferns is calling on the government to act as quickly and decisively as possible to bring these children to safety and shelter. Bishop Denis Brennan, chair of the Irish Bishops’ Council for Immigrants, expressed his... Read More

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