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Two San Francisco Bay Catholic schools to close over security and other concerns

February 27, 2024 Catholic News Agency 2

The chapel of St. Anthony Catholic School in Oakland, California. / Credit: Facebook of St. Anthony Catholic School

ACI Prensa Staff, Feb 27, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA).
The Diocese of Oakland in California has announced that at the end of the schoo… […]

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Franciscan Friars of California announce bankruptcy filing over dozens of sex abuse claims

January 3, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

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CNA Staff, Jan 3, 2024 / 14:40 pm (CNA).
The Franciscan Friars of California announced this week that they have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy over dozens of sexual abuse allegations filed against the rel… […]

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Oakland diocese files for bankruptcy following sexual abuse lawsuits

May 15, 2023 Catholic News Agency 3

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Boston, Mass., May 15, 2023 / 15:05 pm (CNA).
The Diocese of Oakland, in California, has filed for bankruptcy protection, Bishop Michael Barber announced M… […]

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Oakland Diocese considers filing for bankruptcy with 330 abuse lawsuits pending

March 21, 2023 Catholic News Agency 2

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Denver, Colo., Mar 21, 2023 / 08:56 am (CNA).
The Catholic Diocese of Oakland is considering filing for bankruptcy as it prepares to respond to hundreds of lawsuits concerning decades-old sex abuse incidents i… […]

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Oakland bishop: Unmasked Massgoers should not be ‘policed’

June 22, 2021 CNA Daily News 6

Denver Newsroom, Jun 22, 2021 / 16:01 pm The bishop of Oakland, California on Monday said that Catholics fully vaccinated against COVID-19 do not have to wear masks at Mass, adding that those not vaccinated […]

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Oakland’s Catholic bishop robbed of cash, episcopal ring while praying near cathedral

May 26, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

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Oakland, Calif., May 26, 2021 / 18:01 pm (CNA).
A gun-wielding man allegedly robbed Bishop Michael Barber of Oakland of some money and his episcopal ring near the city’s cathedral on Saturday, the very… […]

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Sharing the love of Christ in the East Bay Area

August 9, 2017 Jim Graves 5

Bishop of Oakland Michael Barber, SJ, 63, was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, where his father, an insurance agent, was on temporary assignment. He is the oldest of three sons, another of whom would go on […]

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