Bishop Scanlan News Today

Introduction On October 21, 1967, at the age of 38, Pope Paul VI appointed John Rafael Quinn an auxiliary bishop of San Diego under Bishop Francis J. Furey. The short but handsome Quinn became the youngest bishop in the United States. It should be noted that Pope Paul VI, himself a homosexual, played a decisive role in the selection and advancement of many homosexual members of the American hierarchy, but Quinn’s appointment, as we shall see, turned out to be among the most egregious and...

At a prayer vigil following the horrific March 27 shooting at a Christian school in Nashville, Tennessee, this prayer of lament was offered, as we grieved the three slain 9-year-old

A well-known Lancaster priest died Tuesday after a battle with COVID-19. The Rev. Stephen Casey, who retired from St. Edward’s Episcopal Church in 2018, was taken off life support Tuesday morning. According to a letter from Bishop Audrey C. Scanlan, Casey also served at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Lancaster and at All Saints’ Episcopal Church in Hershey. A post on St. John’s Facebook page Tuesday said that Casey would “transition from this earthly life to the next,â...