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A Priest s Priest With Ties to Brooklyn Diocese is New Bishop for Wilmington, Delaware

A Priest s Priest With Ties to Brooklyn Diocese is New Bishop for Wilmington, Delaware
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Vatican cardinal: Denying Communion is up to individual bishops

A priest elevates the host during a Mass at St. Patrick s Cathedral in New York City in 2020. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz) VATICAN CITY (RNS) As some American bishops discuss the possibility of denying Communion to Catholic politicians such as President Joe Biden for supporting abortion-rights policies, a senior Vatican prelate said decisions about administering the sacrament rest solely on the bishop giving the Eucharist. “It’s not up to bishops in general to make these decisions, it’s the bishop of the person,” said Cardinal Michael Czerny, the undersecretary of the Migrants and Refugees Section of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, in an interview with Religion News Service on Thursday (May 6).

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Catholic bishops who want to deny Biden Communion may have to reckon with the pope

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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Vatican prelate says individual bishops have final say on Communion

Vatican prelate says individual bishops have final say on Communion ‘It’s not up to bishops in general to make these decisions. It’s the bishop of the person,’ said Cardinal Michael Czerny. But at least one canon lawyer argues that when it comes to Communion for heads of state, it should really be up to the pope himself. Photo by Norbert Staudt/Pixabay/Creative Commons May 6, 2021 VATICAN CITY (RNS) As some American bishops discuss the possibility of denying Communion to Catholic politicians such as President Joe Biden for supporting abortion-rights policies, a senior Vatican prelate said decisions about administering the sacrament rest solely on the bishop giving the Eucharist.

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Archbishop congratulates newly named bishop 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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