Denver Newsroom, Feb 12, 2021 / 04:00 pm (CNA).- Archbishop Mitchell Rozanski of St. Louis is accused in a new lawsuit of covering up abuse allegations in his former diocese of Springfield, MA, which he led from 2014 until last year.
The plaintiff claims he suffered trauma as a result of the diocese’s mishandling of an abuse allegation he brought against Christopher J. Weldon, bishop of Springfield from 1950-1977.
Rozanski has admitted that the diocese mishandled the abuse case, which the plaintiff says he first brought to the diocese’s attention in November 2014.
Pope Francis named Rozanski Archbishop of St. Louis in early June 2020, and he was installed as archbishop that August.
Mother Dolores Sullivan, OCD, just learned she’ll be leaving the Carmelite monastery she has called home for more than 55 years in less than a month.
“I feel brokenhearted,” Mother Dolores, 98, the original prioress of Mother of God Monastery tearfully told Catholic San Francisco after a Candlemas Day Mass Feb. 2. “The Lord is giving us a whole new beginning.”
Her sisters at the San Rafael monastery have tried to shield the frail-but-attentive 98-year-old nun from the full weight of their worries after a degree of closure was issued to the monastery last May. The Vatican’s Congregation for the Institutes of Consecrated Life cited dwindling new vocations as the cause of the closure. The complications of moving four aged nuns into group housing or another monastery in the midst of a pandemic were acknowleged in a moveout date of March 1, 2021.
By Sr Bibiana Densia
On 2 February 2021, the Mass to mark the World Day for Consecrated Life, which was scheduled to be celebrated at Sacred Heart Cathedral, was cancelled as a consequence of the extension of the Movement Control Order (MCO) imposed by the government. It created sadness and nostalgia for those of us who were looking forward to celebrate as we had done in previous years.
According to Br Thomas Paul, SG, chairperson of the Council of Religious (COR), Archbishop did suggest to have an Online Mass for the religious to celebrate the World Day for Consecrated Life but the COR instead decided to cancel it, thus giving liberty to religious congregations to celebrate it with and in their own communities.
Pope seeks to encourage musicians silenced by coronavirus
Pope Francis celebrates a Mass with members of religious institutions on the occasion of the celebration of the World Day of Consecrated Life, in St. Peter s Basilica at the Vatican, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, pool) February 04, 2021 - 6:40 AM
ROME - Pope Francis on Thursday offered encouragement to musicians who have been silenced as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, acknowledging many have lost work and the ability to practice together due to closed concert halls and social distancing norms.
In a video message to a conference on liturgical music organized by the Vaticanâs culture ministry, Francis recalled the importance of music to the life of the church, citing in particular its prominent role in indigenous Catholic liturgies.
DUBLIN: Dublin’s new archbishop said at his installation Mass on Tuesday that he was taking up the role “with hope in my heart.”
Archbishop Dermot Farrell made the comment on Feb. 2 as he was installed at St. Mary’s Pro-Cathedral before a strictly limited congregation due to the coronavirus crisis.
“I am happy to embrace this new mission. I come to you with hope in my heart,” he said in his homily.
“It is not a naive hope that everything will be better tomorrow, but a hope born of a conviction that transcends these difficult days through which we are living, and a hope that transcends the limits of our own capabilities.”