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Vatican reaches pact with China on naming bishops Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service
Called “A Prayer for Wholeness,” the event came out of a listening session Our Lady of Mount Carmel held after the publication of the Pennsylvania grand jury report in August on clerical abuse and church cover-up in six dioceses in that state. Father Michaels told Catholic San Francisco that several parishioners talked about “a sense of powerlessness” in the face of the crisis affecting
VILNIUS, Lithuania – For the first time in decades, all of the Catholic bishops in China are in full communion with the pope, the Vatican announced. Pope Francis lifted the excommunications or irregular status of seven bishops who had been ordained with government approval, but not the Vatican’s consent, the Vatican announced Sept. 22. A few hours earlier, representatives of the Vatican Cardinal Joseph and the Chinese government signed Zen Ze-kiun what they described as a “provisional agreement” on the appointment of bishops. “With a view to sustaining the proclamation of the Gospel in China, the Holy Father Pope Francis has decided to readmit to full ecclesial communion the remaining ‘official’ bishops ordained without pontifical mandate,” the Vatican said, listing their names. The pope also included in the list Bishop Anthony Tu Shihua, who, before dying Jan. 4, 2017, “had expressed the desire to be reconciled with the Apostolic See,” the Vatican said. Regularizing the bishops’ status, the Vatican said, Pope Francis hopes “a new process may begin that will allow the wounds of the past to be overcome, leading to the full communion of all Chinese Catholics,” some of whom steadfastly have refused to participate in activities or parishes under the leadership of bishops not recognized by Rome.
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An interfaith gathering in Mill Valley on Sept. 15 prayed for wholeness and healing in response to the sex abuse crisis. The event came out of a listening session Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish held after the publication of the Pennsylvania grand jury report in August.
Prayer at heart of parish’s response to sex abuse Nicholas Wolfram Smith Catholic San Francisco
About 50 people gathered Sept. 15 in Mill Valley to pray for healing amid the clergy abuse scandals. Led by local ministers, including Father Patrick Michaels, pastor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish, a small circle formed in Mill Valley’s Depot Square to pray for victims of sexual violence, its perpetrators, and themselves.
Pro-life conference highlights diversity of movement Nicholas Wolfram Smith Catholic San Francisco
A Sept. 8 pro-life conference at University of California at Berkeley took aim at uniting pro-life people from different backgrounds to build a broad base for activism in California. The “Let There Be Life” conference, organized by Pro-Life San Francisco, was the organization’s first attempt to “unite pro-life people across the state, across generational lines, across religious persuasions,” executive director Terrisa Bukovinac told Catholic San Francisco. The conference brought such well-established pro-
Life to the stage along with activists from younger organizations such as New Wave Feminists and Rehumanize International. Bukovinac said the goal had been to organize a conference that would be interesting for an older generation while still drawing millennials. “The pro-life movement has largely failed to attract young people,” she said. By bringing in speakers who could speak to issues millennials care about, she said, she hoped to draw more interest and inMonica Snyder volvement from a younger generation. Co-leader. Secular Pro-Life A personal way to honor your loved one’s patriotism to our country. Unity was an important theme of the conference, If you have received a flag life figures as David Bereit of honoring 40 Daysyour forloved Lifeone's andmilitary service and would like to donate it to the cemetery to be flown part of an “Avenue of Flags" Veterans' Day,page 19 Catherine Glenn Foster of as Americans United for on Memorial Day, 4th of July andsee PRO-LIFE,
‘I hope that people understand that pro-life people come from all walks of life – anyone can be against abortion. It’s not a partisan issue.’
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