Spokane cleric named head of bishops
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America&#39;s Roman Catholic bishops chose Bishop William Skylstad of Spokane, Wash., as their new president Monday and elected Chicago Cardinal Francis George vice president.
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By La Crosse Tribune, Wis.  Feb. 3--Bishop Jerome Listecki ordained 11 men to the permanent diaconate for the Diocese of La Crosse on Jan. 27 at St. Joseph the Workman Cathedral.
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Spokane, unable to settle sexual abuse lawsuits, will file for bankruptcy at the end of the month, the bishop said Wednesday.
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THE PLIGHT of the US Roman Catholic Church could not have been underscored more heavily this week by the new choice to head the nation&#39;s Catholic bishops.
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NEWARK, N.J., Sept 23 (Reuters Life!) - The Episcopal   Diocese of Newark elected a Massachusetts cleric as its next   bishop on Saturday, passing over a gay priest whose selection   would have touched off more turmoil in the worldwide Anglican   church.
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Bishop Wilton Gregory, who has led the American church through the worst scandal in its history, is completing his three-year term.
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Kenya's Anglican Archbishop Benjamin Nzimbi consecrated two conservative American priests as bishops on Thursday to lead U.S. congregations who have split from the Episcopal Church over its stand on homosexuality.
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Cardinal James A. Hickey, former archbishop of Washington, who led the Roman Catholic Church in the nation&#39;s capital for two decades, died Sunday.
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China's state-controlled Catholic Church installed a cleric well-regarded by the Vatican as bishop of Beijing on Friday in a move that officials say should help ease their tense relations.
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The Spokane Diocese's plan to file for bankruptcy by the end of the month could have implications for Roman Catholics far beyond Washington state.
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Pope John Paul II on Thursday named a prelate who investigated a child pornography scandal at a seminary to replace the bishop who resigned in the case, which rocked Austria's Roman Catholic Church and ...
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The first state-appointed Chinese Catholic bishop for 50 years to have the Pope's approval is being consecrated.
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The Rev. Nerva Cot, the first woman bishop named by the Episcopal Church in a developing nation, said she will bring a feminine touch to leadership of her rapidly expanding congregation in Cuba.
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Editor&#39;s note: This sidebar article was intended to run with yesterday&#39;s Monitor story previewing today&#39;s release of an Episcopal Church report.
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WASHINGTON - Bishop Wilton Gregory, outgoing president of the nation&#39;s Roman Catholic bishops, apologized Monday for any mistakes he made as he led the church through the clergy sex abuse crisis.
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Archbishop Harry Flynn will lead an archdiocesan trip to Ireland Aug. 26 to Sept.
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BEIJING, Sept. 21 -- The Rev. Joseph Li Shan, a 42-year-old priest based in downtown Beijing, was ordained as the head of the Beijing Diocese of the state-sanctioned Catholic church Friday morning in a private ceremony. The appointment underscores attempts to improve long-strained relations between...