May 13, 2021
Brennan Ferris
The Most Rev. W. Francis Malooly, apostolic administrator for the Catholic Diocese of Wilmington, will ordain Brennan Ferris, a seminarian for the diocese, to the Transitional Diaconate at 11 a.m., Saturday, May 15, at the Cathedral of St. Peter in Wilmington.
Due to COVID-19 safety protocols, the event is by invitation only. It will be livestreamed on the diocesan YouTube channel, YouTube.com/DioceseofWilmington.
Ferris, who will turn 26 this month, is a native of Wilmington and graduate of St. Elizabeth elementary and high schools. He earned his undergraduate degree in Catholic theology while at the College Seminary of the Immaculate Conception at Seton Hall University in South Orange, N.J. He is currently working on his advanced degree at St. Mary’s Seminary and University in Baltimore.
Catholic bishops who want to deny Biden Communion may have to reckon with the pope
(Guglielmo Mangiapane | Pool photo via AP) Pope Francis celebrates the Ash Wednesday mass leading Catholics into Lent, at St. Peter s Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021.
By Jack Jenkins and Claire Giangrave | Religion News Service
| May 6, 2021, 12:18 a.m.
Washington • A movement is growing among conservative Catholics to deny President Joe Biden Communion during worship, but they may have to reckon with Catholic laity who disagree and a pope who has insisted the sacrament is “not a prize for the perfect.”
A subset of U.S. Catholics has spent months calling on bishops to deny Biden the second Catholic president in U.S. history the Eucharist because of his support for abortion rights legislation, a position they argue runs afoul of Catholic teaching that condemns abortion. It’s already happened once: Biden was reportedly denied Communion in October 2019 when he atten
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President Joe Biden departs after attending Mass at St. Joseph on the Brandywine Catholic Church in Wilmington, Del., Saturday, March 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Pope Francis has selected a new leader for Delaware’s Catholics. On July 13, William Koenig will replace Bishop Francis Malooly, who led the Diocese of Wilmington serving all of Delaware and Maryland’s Eastern Shore since 2008.
Koenig, 64, most recently worked as Vicar for Clergy for the Diocese of Rockville Centre in Long Island, New York. Prior to that, he worked as Rector at St. Agnes Cathedral in Rockville Centre.
Bishop-elect William Koenig will take over the Catholic Diocese of Wilmington in July. (courtesy Diocese of Wilmington)
Archbishop Nelson J. Pérez
Posted May 4, 2021
Archbishop Nelson J. Pérez issued the folowing statment May 4 on Pope Francis’ April 30 the appointment Msgr. William E. Koenig, a priest of the Diocese of Rockville Centre, N.Y., as the 10th bishop of the Diocese of Wilmington. Read more about the appointment here.
“I was filled with great joy to learn that Pope Francis appointed Reverend Monsignor William E. Koenig as the 10th Bishop of the Diocese of Wilmington.
I had the privilege of serving with him during my time as an Auxiliary Bishop in the Diocese of Rockville Centre when he was the Rector of Saint Agnes Cathedral. Bishop-elect Koenig has great energy, zeal, and administrative ability. God’s people in Delaware and on Maryland’s Eastern Shore are receiving a true gift from the Holy Father in the person of their new shepherd.
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Bishop-designate William E. Koenig of Wilmington, Del., and Wilmington Bishop W. Francis Malooly pose for a photo at the rectory of the Cathedral of St. Peter in Wilmington, April 30, 2021. (Credit: Don Blake/The Dialog via CNS.)
Bishop-designate William E. Koenig of Wilmington was in his home diocese of Rockville Centre, New York, in late April when his cellphone rang. Archbishop Christophe Pierre, the papal nuncio to the United States, was on the other end informing him that that he had been chosen to become the 10th bishop of the Diocese of Wilmington.