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Pope Francis accepts resignation of Knoxville Bishop Rick Stika
By Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Jun 27, 2023 / 04:31 am Pope Francis on Tuesday accepted the resignation of the embattled Bishop Rick Stika of Knoxville, Tennessee. Stika, 65, was investigated by the Vatican for mismanagement of his diocese. He is also named in a 2022 lawsuit (refiled in 2023) accusing …
Father’s Day: Louisville archbishop issues statement to celebrate
By Zoe Romanowsky Washington D.C., Jun 18, 2023 / 07:00 am To mark Father’s Day in the United States, Archbishop Shelton J. Fabre of Louisville, Kentucky, released a statement that celebrates the irreplaceable role of fathers in welcoming life. When he wrote it, Fabre was bishop of Houma-Thibodaux, Louisiana; chairman of …
Louisville archbishop prays for victims of Easter Monday shooting
By Jonah McKeown St. Louis, Mo., Apr 11, 2023 / 13:45 pm Archbishop Shelton Fabre of Louisville asked for prayers for those involved after an Easter Monday shooting at a bank in downtown Louisville, which left five people dead and at least eight others injured. “My heart is heavy as we …
Pope Francis names Louisiana Bishop Fabre to lead Archdiocese of Louisville, Kentucky
by Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Feb 8, 2022 / 04:57 am Pope Francis on Tuesday appointed Bishop Shelton Fabre to lead the Archdiocese of Louisville in Kentucky. Fabre, who has been bishop of the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux in Louisiana since 2013, succeeds Archbishop Joseph Kurtz, who submitted his resignation to …
Louisiana diocese ends mask requirement at Mass, but bishop advises ‘continued vigilance’
Denver Newsroom, May 1, 2021 / 13:01 pm America/Denver (CNA). A Louisiana bishop has lifted mask requirements for Mass in several of the state’s cities, but he still encouraged parishioners to follow previous coronavirus regulations during worship. “While masks will no longer be required for those attending Mass in our …
US bishops denounce racist violence and ‘fringe ideology’
by Matt Hadro Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 17, 2020 / 04:00 pm MT (CNA).- After a summer of mass protests and civil unrest, bishops from around the U.S. shared stories of confronting racism in their home dioceses at their annual fall meeting on Tuesday. The bishops spoke out to condemn …
Today’s Video: Bishop Shelton Fabre on the Death of George Floyd
Bishop Shelton J. Fabre of Houma-Thibodaux, chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism, on the Death of George Floyd and the protests which have broken out in Minneapolis and in other cities in the United States. The PDF for open-wide-our-hearts-bulletin-insert
