A multiyear investigation overseen by the Catholic Church into Archbishop John C. Nienstedt, who resigned from the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis in 2015, has ended with the Vatican finding that he acted “imprudently” in several instances but not criminally under canon law, Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda said in a statement Jan. 5.

LVIV, Ukraine (OSV News) — The Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations, which represents the various Christian, Jewish and Muslim bodies of Ukraine, called the world to recognize Russia as a terrorist state and provide Ukraine with the means necessary to protect life. For the second time in a row, Ukraine welcomed a new […]

Bishop David M. O’Connell of Trenton, 68, suffered a heart attack Jan. 4 while in Rome and was taken to Santo Spirito hospital where he had emergency surgery to open a completely closed artery, according to a Jan. 5 diocesan statement.

Xaverian Brother Thomas Murphy, who ministered to the poor for several years in Baltimore, died Dec. 12. He was 95.

Jesuit Father James O’Brien, a Baltimore resident and former teacher at what is now Loyola Blakefield, died Dec. 23. He was 96.