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When a celebrity becomes a bishop: Will Barron set aside Word on Fire for his new diocese?
By Steven P. Millies — June 3, 2022
(RNS) — Bishop Robert Barron could pose a historic first contradiction between two mandates for bishops.
Former AME Zion bishop Staccato Powell charged with fraud in $14 million scheme
By Adelle M. Banks — January 26, 2022
(RNS) — Powell and a lay leader in the denomination were arrested and appeared in court on Tuesday.
Brooklyn bishop retires after Vatican clears him of abuse
By Associated Press — September 29, 2021
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis on Wednesday accepted the resignation of the Catholic bishop of Brooklyn, Nicholas DiMarzio, weeks after a Vatican investigation cleared him of sexual abuse allegations, and appointed a native New Yorker to replace him. DiMarzio is 77, two years beyond the normal retirement age for bishops. Francis accepted his resignation and […]
Staccato Powell, disrobed as AME Zion bishop: pioneer or swindler?
By Adelle M. Banks — September 1, 2021
(RNS) — ‘All we are doing now is trying to save those congregations that are in bankruptcy court,’ said the denomination’s senior bishop.
With abuse allegations, conservative Anglican diocese faces questions about structure
By Kathryn Post and Bob Smietana — August 19, 2021
(RNS) — ACNA’s Upper Midwest Diocese, where the abuse allegations have taken place, places few checks and balances on the bishop’s authority.
AME Zion leader Staccato Powell removed as bishop after facing financial accusations
By Adelle M. Banks — July 29, 2021
(RNS) — ‘The Trial Committee recommended Bishop Staccato Powell be disrobed, meaning Bishop Staccato Powell would no longer be recognized as consecrated to the office of Bishop,’ read trial minutes.
Former NBA player Stan McKenzie, husband of first woman AME Church bishop, dead at 76
By Adelle M. Banks — July 21, 2021
(RNS) — Less than two weeks before, his wife — Bishop Vashti McKenzie — thanked her spouse as she made farewell remarks at the African Methodist Episcopal Church’s General Conference.
Pope Francis fires Memphis bishop after Vatican investigation
By Paul O'Donnell — October 24, 2018
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — The move is another indication that Francis is moving, albeit fitfully, to hold bishops more accountable and not only on issues related to sexual abuse.
Diocese IDs priests, bishop, laypeople in abuse probe
By Lauren Markoe — April 6, 2018
(AP) — The Roman Catholic Diocese of Erie, Pennsylvania, on Friday (April 6) made public the names of 34 priests or other members of the clergy who faced credible allegations of sexual abuse or misconduct over the years.
Pope backs down, OKs resignation of divisive Nigerian bishop
By Delta Systems — February 19, 2018
(AP) — The case could affect another divisive bishop appointment, Chilean Bishop Juan Barros.
British Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor dies at 85
By Catherine Pepinster — September 1, 2017
(RNS) — 'I am at peace and have no fear of what is to come,' he wrote in a last message.
Minnesota bishop sued for coercion over sex abuse incident
By Timothy Mclaughlin — May 10, 2017
(Reuters) The personal injury lawsuit against Bishop Michael Joseph Hoeppner marks the first time a U.S. bishop has been individually sued for coercion, according to the plaintiff's attorney.
Chinese bishop excommunicated by Vatican takes part in ordination
By RNS staff — December 1, 2016
(Reuters) It's a move that some experts said could complicate Pope Francis' drive to heal a decades-old rift with the communist government in Beijing.
Episcopal Church elects first black woman diocesan bishop
By Yonat Shimron — October 28, 2016
(RNS) While she is not the first black female bishop in the Episcopal Church, those who preceded her held the title of “suffragan bishop,” a subordinate to the diocesan bishop.
First openly LGBT United Methodist bishop: ‘This is the time’
By Emily McFarlan Miller — July 19, 2016
(RNS) Despite controversy, Bishop Karen Oliveto tells RNS the feedback she has received since her election has been 'nothing but a deluge of wonderfully loving emails from around the world.'
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