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Pope accepts resignations of 2 more Chilean bishops

September 21, 2018

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CWN Editor's Note: In May, all 31 active Chilean bishops joined in a mass resignation; in June, Pope Francis accepted the resignations of four bishops. The Pontiff has now accepted the resignations of Bishop Carlos Pellegrín, 60, and Bishop Cristián Contreras, 71.

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Friday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. Camillus de Lellis, Priest (USA)

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The Church celebrates the Optional Memorial of St. Camillus de Lellis (1550-1641). Camillus suffered an incurable wound in his foot, experienced the horrors of the Roman hospitals in the sixteenth century in which the nursing and other staff were drawn from the dregs of the population. He effected a great…

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