In an announcement on Monday, Pope Francis appointed Bishop Christopher Coyne as the coadjutor archbishop of Hartford. As coadjutor, Coyne will assist Archbishop Leonard Blair in the .
In a significant ecumenical gesture, Pope Francis said on May 11 that the 21 Coptic Orthodox Christians beheaded by members of the Islamic State in Libya in 2015 will be added to the Roman Martyrology, the list of saints and blesseds commemorated in the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church.
The Archdiocese of Hartford is investigating a possible Eucharistic miracle at one of its parishes, where Communion hosts seemingly multiplied during a March 5 Sunday Mass.
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