In Germany, another bishop has been forced to resign, and his resignation has been accepted by Pope Francis for covering up ...

Pope Francis has appointed Marcelino Antonio Maralit Jr. as the new bishop of the City of San Pablo in Laguna province. The ...

Pope Francis has accepted the resignation presented by Monseigneur Heinz-Günter Bongartz, 69, as auxiliary bishop of the diocese of Hildesheim in Germany, the Holy See said on Wednesday. The auxiliary ...

Episcopal Resignation and Appointment for the Diocese of Valleyfield Today, His Holiness Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of the Most Reverend Noel Simard as Bishop of Valleyfield, and ...

NORWICH, CT (WFSB) - Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of the Bishop of Norwich, the Diocese of Norwich announced on Tuesday. The Most Rev. Michael Cote said he submitted his resignation ...

Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop Michael R. Cote, according to the Norwich Diocese. Archbishop Christopher J. Coyne has been appointed apostolic administrator of the diocese.

to “urge” Francis to “be the victims’ champion” on his visit. In 2002 Pope John Paul II accepted the abrupt resignation of Bishop Belo, then the head of East Timor’s church ...

Pope Francis arrived in Singapore on Wednesday afternoon from East Timor, where he is expected to focus on inter-faith ...

Bishop Michael R. Cote of the Diocese of Norwich, Connecticut, announced his retirement on Tuesday saying Pope Francis had accepted his resignation at the customary age of 75. Cote, originally ...

He will accompany Pope Francis on his journey to his homeland ... out in some parts of the country in the years following the resignation of President Suharto in 1998, whose authoritarian rule ...

When Pope Francis becomes the first pontiff to visit an independent East Timor, he will confront a clergy beset by child ...