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Thomas Gumbleton, former Detroit auxiliary bishop known for political activism, dies at 94

Former Auxiliary Bishop Thomas Gumbleton (right) meets with legislators in the Netherlands in 1983. / Credit: Rob Croes for Anefo|Wikimedia|National Archives, Netherlands CNA Staff, Apr 5, 2024 / 15:30 pm (CNA). Thomas Gumbleton, a vocal peace activist and critic of war and nuclear weapons who served as an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Detroit, […]

Oregon Re-Criminalizes Hard Drugs After ‘Overdose Rates Skyrocketed’

Patrick T. Fallon A person lays on the street in the Old Town Chinatown neighborhood in downtown Portland, Oregon on January 25, 2024. The state’s new law — passed by the state Legislature in March and signed by the governor last week — institutes a maximum of up to six months in prison for possession […]

Bishop Vitus Huonder and the SSPX

Bishop Vitus Huonder, who passed away on Easter Wednesday, will be buried in his former diocese of Chur, but at Écône. This choice was communicated to the diocese in 2022, then reiterated orally to Bishop Joseph Maria Bonnemain of Chur and Fr. Davide Pagliarani, Superior General of the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX), a […]