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George said in a statement, "I have asked Father Michael Pfleger, Pastor of St. Sabina's Parish, to step back from his obligations there and take leave for a couple of weeks from his pastoral duties, effective today. Fr. Pfleger does not believe this to be the right step at this time.
These apostolic visitors have thus served as the only hierarchs of the Belarusian Greek Catholic Church during this time period. Bishop Ceslaus Sipovich served as Apostolic Visitor for the Belarusian Greek-Catholic faithful abroad (outside of Belarus) from 1960 until his death in 1981.
A pastoral letter, often simply called a pastoral, is an open letter addressed by a bishop to the clergy or laity of a diocese or to both, containing general admonition, instruction or consolation, or directions for behaviour in particular circumstances. [1]
The church’s newly appointed senior pastor, James Morris, volunteered to step down from the board of elders, in accordance with the firm’s recommendation, to demonstrate a “truly independent ...
In the modern period also, papal letters have been constantly issued, but they proceed from the popes themselves less frequently than in the Middle Ages and Christian antiquity; most of them are issued by the papal officials, of whom there is a greater number than in the Middle Ages, and to whom have been granted large delegated powers, which include the issuing of letters.
“Give a little love to a child, and you get a great deal back.” — John Ruskin “The family you come from isn't as important as the family you're going to have.”
A bishop or other visitor, content with hospitality, will accept no offering for the visitation. The Pontifical prescribes the ceremonies to be observed in a formal visitation of a parish. At the door of the church the bishop in cappa magna kisses the crucifix, receives holy water, and is incensed; then proceeding to the sanctuary he kneels ...
On March 12, 2009, by letter to the pastor and subsequent announcement in the Church, [24] Lennon communicated his decision to "close" and merge the Parish with the de facto closing of the Church, clearly indicating that the Church would no longer be allowed to be used for any function of worship and the Church would be fenced off so as to ...