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June 11, 2019

US nuncio discusses migration, religious freedom, faith in a changing society

Archbishop Christophe Pierre, apostolic nuncio to the United States, speaks during Mass in Pittsburgh May 30, 2019. He was there for the 2019 conference of the Catholic Legal Immigration Network.

PITTSBURGH -- Pope Francis follows closely the news related to immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border, Archbishop Christophe Pierre said in May 30 interview in Pittsburgh.

Published in International
October 29, 2018

Former U.S. nuncio heard rumours of McCarrick misconduct in 1994

Late Cardinal Bernard F. Law and Cardinal Agostino Cacciavillan (right), former apostolic nuncio to the United States, leave after Pope Francis' audience with members of the Roman Curia in Clementine Hall at the Vatican Dec. 22, 2014.
VATICAN – A former nuncio to the United States acknowledged hearing rumors about the sexual misconduct of Archbishop Theodore E. McCarrick already in 1994.
Published in International
September 6, 2018

Minnesota auxiliary: Archbishop Nienstedt internal inquiry was 'doomed to fail'

Then-Archbishop John C. Nienstedt, right, addresses the media alongside then-Auxiliary Bishop Lee A. Piche at a 2015 news conference announcing that the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis had filed for Chapter 11 Reorganization. in January 2014, Archbishop Nienstedt, then the leader of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, charged his subordinates with investigating allegations of sexual misconduct that had been made against him.
MINNEAPOLIS – Auxiliary Bishop Andrew H. Cozzens of St. Paul and Minneapolis said the Catholic Church "desperately needs an independent structure, led by experienced lay personnel, to investigate and review allegations made against bishops, archbishops and cardinals" in an Aug. 31 statement.
Published in International