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WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Pope Francis has appointed Auxiliary Bishop Richard G. Henning of Rockville Centre, New York, as coadjutor bishop of the Diocese of Providence, Rhode Island. The pope also accepted the resignation of Auxiliary Bishop Robert C. Evans of Providence, who has served the diocese as an auxiliary since 2009. On Sept. 2, he turned 75, the age at which canon law requires bishops to submit their resignation to the pope. Bishop Henning, 58, has been a Rockville Centre auxiliary since

Bishop Donald W. Trautman was laid to rest March 7. After leading the Erie Diocese from 1990 to 2012, he was implicated in the Pa. grand jury report on clergy sexual abuse. Though he always wanted to be

ERIE, PA— During his 22-year tenure as the Diocese of Erie's shepherd, the late Bishop Donald W. Trautman "gave himself totally to his role ...

CNA Staff, May 4, 2020 / 10:00 am (CNA).- The Justice Department (DOJ) is backing a small community church suing Virginia Governor Ralph Northam, arguing that the state cannot single out churches for public health restrictions during the coronavirus pandemic. Lighthouse Fellowship Church on Virginia’s Eastern Shore filed suit last week against Northam’s stay-at-home order prohibiting church gatherings with more than ten people inside. The DOJ filed a statement of interest on Sunday in the case. “The United States has a substantial interest in the preservation of its citizens’ fundame...

A BUILDING with an incredibly unique history is now being offered for sale in Fermanagh. The former Monea chapel, captured here in its haunting beauty by Impartial Reporter photographer John McVitty, has been derelict for many years but is now available on the market, with no signs today of the high passions that once centred around this now peaceful site. The ruin could become a residential home, if there is the required work put in to it, with prospective buyers inheriting not just the bones of a fine property, but also a true slice of history related to the site.