Vatican City, Apr 4, 2019 / 04:26 am (CNA).- The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith announced Thursday that, following an appeal, the Vatican’s court has upheld last year’s verdict finding an archbishop in Guam guilty of abuse of minors.
A release from the CDF April 4 said that Archbishop Anthony Apuron, 73, was found “guilty of delicts against the Sixth Commandment with minors.”
The decision, made February 7, is considered final.
Apuron was sentenced to privation of the office of Archbishop of Agana and forbidden from using the insignia attached to the rank of bishop, such as the mitre and ring. He is also forbidden from living within the jurisdiction of the archdiocese.
Remember the humanity on both sides of Israel-Gaza conflict, Catholic aid group insists
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Pope appeals for peace in Holy Land, says death of children unacceptable
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Pope appeals for peace in Holy Land, says death of children ‘unacceptable’
Palestinian Suzy Eshkuntana, 6, is treated by a medic at a hospital after being pulled from the rubble of a building during Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City May 16, 2021. (CNS photo/Mohammed Salem, Reuters)
By Carol Glatz • Catholic News Service • Posted May 19, 2021
VATICAN CITY (CNS) The injury and death of so many innocent people, especially children, caused by escalating violence between Israel and the Gaza Strip is “terrible and unacceptable,” putting the area at risk of sinking into “a spiral of death and destruction,” Pope Francis said.
The pope launched an appeal for calm and asked leaders of both sides “to put a stop to the roar of weapons and to follow the paths of peace, even with the help of the international community,” he said May 16 after reciting the “Regina Coeli” prayer with hundreds of people in St. Peter’s Square.