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Archbishop Cordileone: Chapter 11 bankruptcy for San Francisco ‘very likely’

August 5, 2023 Catholic News Agency 5

Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption in San Francisco. / Credit: Sundry Photography/Shutterstock

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 5, 2023 / 12:22 pm (CNA).
San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone on Friday revealed that it was “very like… […]

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Which U.S. dioceses have declared bankruptcy? Here’s a map

February 14, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

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St. Louis, Mo., Feb 14, 2023 / 15:17 pm (CNA).
Cardinal Robert McElroy announced last week that the San Diego Diocese may have to resort to a declaration of bankruptcy in 2023 to manage the cost of hundreds of… […]

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Albany bishop asking to be laicized isn’t barred from publicly celebrating sacraments, as he claims

November 21, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

Bishop Emeritus Howard Hubbard of the Diocese of Albany / Screenshot from 2018 YouTube video

Boston, Mass., Nov 21, 2022 / 16:10 pm (CNA).
Bishop Emeritus Howard Hubbard of the Diocese of Albany has asked the Vatican to laicize him, claiming th… […]

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Detroit auxiliary bishop denies allegation of sexually abusing minor

August 2, 2022 Catholic News Agency 0

Archbishop Paul Fitzpatrick Russell. / Courtesy of aod.org.

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 2, 2022 / 21:10 pm (CNA).
Archbishop Paul Russell, an auxiliary bishop of Detroit and a former Vatican diplomat, has been named in a civil lawsuit allegi… […]

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