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Bishop David Ricken
The story of Adele Brise, the seer of the only approved Marian apparition in the U.S.
By Zelda Caldwell, Zoe Romanowsky CNA Newsroom, Oct 9, 2024 / 06:00 am In early June, the U.S. Catholic bishops voted unanimously to begin the process of officially declaring Adele Brise a saint. Brise, an immigrant from Belgium living in northern Wisconsin, witnessed the first and only approved Marian apparition in the …
USCCB votes to inscribe Mother Teresa in the U.S. Liturgical Calendar
By Shannon Mullen, Francesca Pollio Baltimore, Md., Nov 17, 2021 / 13:41 pm The U.S. bishops, meeting in Baltimore for their annual fall assembly, voted Nov. 17 to inscribe St. Teresa of Kolkata, known during her life as Mother Teresa, in the Liturgical Calendar of the United States. The bishops …
Two weeks after Pope Francis’s Latin Mass restrictions, US bishops continue to respond
by Joe Bukuras Washington D.C., Jul 30, 2021 / 10:15 am Two weeks after Pope Francis issued his motu proprio restricting the use of traditional liturgies, bishops throughout the United States have continued to address the impact the letter will have on their respective dioceses. Many bishops, such as Bishop …
Green Bay bishop reinstates Sunday Mass dispensation as COVID cases spike
CNA Staff, Oct 6, 2020 / 04:32 pm MT (CNA).- Just two weeks after the dispensation from Sunday Mass attendance was lifted in the Diocese of Green Bay, Bishop David Ricken has reinstated it, due to sharply rising numbers of COVID-19 cases in the area. “In the past few weeks …
