Bishop Richard Henning - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Mon, 12 Aug 2024 00:45:53 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Bishop Richard Henning - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Cardinal Seán O'Malley, retires as archbishop of Boston https://cathnews.co.nz/2024/08/12/cardinal-sean-omalley-retires-as-archbishop-of-boston/ Mon, 12 Aug 2024 05:50:01 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=174386 Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Cardinal Seán O'Malley as archbishop of Boston on Monday. He named the bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, Richard Henning, to replace him as leader of one of the most important Catholic archdioceses in the United States. The Vatican announcement didn't mention O'Malley's other main role as the pope's main Read more

Cardinal Seán O'Malley, retires as archbishop of Boston... Read more]]> Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Cardinal Seán O'Malley as archbishop of Boston on Monday. He named the bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, Richard Henning, to replace him as leader of one of the most important Catholic archdioceses in the United States.

The Vatican announcement didn't mention O'Malley's other main role as the pope's main adviser on fighting clergy sexual abuse as head of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, suggesting he would remain in that capacity until a new commission leader is named.

St John Paul II had tapped O'Malley to take over in Boston in 2003 at the height of the clergy sexual abuse scandal that had exploded there following an investigation by The Boston Globe newspaper. Revelations of years of abuse and coverups by the church led to the downfall of then-archbishop Cardinal Bernard Law, who resigned in disgrace in December 2002.

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