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U.S. Bishops' ardinals Secretariat of Child and Youth Protection Releases Annual Report
21 New C By CAROL GLATZ, Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis named 21 new cardinals, including U.S.-born Archbishop Robert F. Prevost, who took the helm at the Dicastery for Bishops in April, and French Archbishop Christophe Pierre, the apostolic nuncio to the United States. The pope announced the names after his recitation of the Angelus with the faithful in St. Peter's Square July 9. He said he would formally install the cardinals during a special consistory at the Vatican Sept. 30. Cardinal-designate Prevost expressed his surprise and joy upon hearing the announcement, he said in an interview with Vatican News July 10. "Certainly I felt happy for the recognition of the mission that has been entrusted to me -- which is a very beautiful thing -- and at the same time I thought with reverence and holy fear: I hope I can respond to what the pope is asking of me. It is an enormous responsibility, like when he called me to Rome as prefect," he said in Italian. "I see it as the continuation of a mission that the pope has decided to give me," he added. Speaking in English, Cardinal-designate Prevost said it is not a coincidence that Pope Francis scheduled the consistory before the start of the first general assembly of the synod on synodality, saying he is firmly convinced that "all of us are called to walk together." The new cardinals represent more than a dozen countries on five continents. Three of the new cardinals are current Vatican officials, three are current or
Pope Francis greets Archbishop Christophe Pierre, nuncio to the United States, during a private meeting in 2022. The pope will elevate Cardinal-designate Pierre to the College of Cardinals during a special consistory at the Vatican Sept. 30. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
retired apostolic nuncios, 13 are current or retired heads of archdioceses around the world, one is a rector major of the Salesians and one is a 96-year-old confessor in Buenos Aires. Six belong to religious orders; two of them are Jesuits. Continuing a papal custom, among the new cardinals were three churchmen - two archbishops and a Capuchin Franciscan priest - over the age of 80, whom Pope Francis said he wanted to honor because they were particularly deserving because of "their service to the church." Being over the age of 80, they are ineligible to vote in a conclave.
Cardinals, cont'd on pg. 12
from usccb.org
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Secretariat of Child and Youth Protection has released the 2022 Annual Report – Findings and Recommendations on the Implementation of the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People. The report is based on the audit findings of StoneBridge Business Partners, a specialty consulting firm headquartered in Rochester, New York, which provides forensic, internal, and compliance audit services to leading organizations nationwide. A survey conducted by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) at Georgetown University regarding allegations of abuse of minors is also included as a part of the report. This is the twentieth such report since 2002 when the U.S. bishops established and adopted
Annual Report, cont'd on pg. 9
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