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Pope moves four causes toward
beatification, including Nano Nagle
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -Moving four candidates
c lo s er to beat i f icat ion,
Pope Francis recognized
the martyrdom of a bishop
in Communist-controlled
Romania and the heroic
virtues of three Religious
women.
Pope Francis declared
venerable Sister Honora
“Nano” Nagle, Irish founder
of the Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin
Mary. Born in Ballygriffin
in 1718, she was educated
in France and entered Religious life there, but left at the
age of 32, returning to Ireland to care for and educate Artistic rendering of Presentation
poor children. She founded Sisters foundress Venerable Nano
the Presentation Sisters in Nagle.
1775 and died in 1784.
The pope recognized the martyrdom of Bishop Anton Durcovici of Iasi, Romania, in 1951 and cleared the way for his beatification, a step toward sainthood..
Other Religious women recognized include Mother Celestine
Bottego, founder of the Xaverian Missionary Sisters of Mary, and
Sister Olga Gugelmo, one of the first members of the Daughters
of the Church.
Highlights of U.S. bishops’ annual fall
general assembly
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BALTIMORE (CNS) -- During the Nov. 11-12 public sessions of the
annual fall general assembly of the U.S. Conference of Catholic
Bishops in Baltimore, the bishops:
• Elected Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville, Ky., to succeed New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan as president of the
U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and elected Cardinal Daniel
N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston as vice president.
• Approved the development of a pastoral statement on the
dangers pornography poses to family life. The Committee on Laity, Marriage, Family Life and Youth will develop the statement,
providing a draft to bishops in 2015.
• Nearly unanimously approved several steps toward adapting
the Mexican Misal Romano for use in the U.S. The Mexican translation of the missal will have Mass propers for the U.S. calendar
included, with publication possible as soon as fall of 2015.
• Approved adaptations for the Order of Celebrating Marriage
and OK’d a new translation of the Order of Confirmation for use
in U.S. dioceses.
• Heard a report on the USCCB’s efforts to promote and defend
traditional marriage, which stressed that recent laws have placed
the legal defense of marriage “at a critical point in this country.”
• Heard a report on the work of Catholic Relief Services, which
highlighted what the agency is doing for survivors of Super Typhoon Haiyan. The agency has already committed $20 million in
emergency aid, with the funds expected to come from a second
collection CRS asked U.S. bishops to take in their dioceses before
the end of the year.
• Approved a budget for 2014 and approved a 3 percent increase in diocesan assessments starting in 2015.
• Heard a report on “important progress” being made in bishops’ priorities for 2013-16 in their efforts to protect the life and
dignity of the human person, to strengthen marriage and family
life, to promote religious liberty, and to improve faith formation
and sacramental practice.
• Approved adding a new staff person to the Secretariat of ProLife Activities to work on a national level with the post-abortion
ministry Project Rachel funded by a Knights of Columbus grant.
• Approved advancement of the sainthood cause of Mother
Mary Teresa Tallon, who founded the Parish Visitors of Ma