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Kansas archbishop urges U.S. senate to OK bill to protect babies who survive abortion

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Wed, 06 Feb 2019 10:41:03 -0500

WASHINGTON – It is "unconscionable" that the U.S. Senate failed to "unanimously declare to the nation that infanticide is objectively wrong," said the chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Pro-Life Activities.

Kansas family among first to aid fellow farmers affected by wildfires

Mon, 08 May 2017 05:00:00 -0400

KANSAS CITY, Kan. – Father Prakash Rao Kola was in Coldwater, Kansas, 30 miles east of Ashland, the afternoon of March 6 when he began to get frantic calls from parishioners.

Getting it right

editor@catholicregister.org (Catholic Register Editorial) — Thu, 30 Apr 2015 08:00:00 -0400

Early in his papacy Pope Francis committed to continuing the work of Pope Benedict XVI to impose a zero-tolerance policy for abuser priests and see-no-evil bishops. So it was more than symbolic in late April when a Kansas City bishop was forced into retirement following a criminal conviction of failing to report suspected child abuse.

Pope accepts resignation of Bishop Finn

Tue, 21 Apr 2015 09:00:00 -0400

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop Robert W. Finn of Kansas City-St. Joseph, Missouri, who was convicted in 2012 on one misdemeanour count of failing to report suspected child abuse.

Ottawa archbishop investigates U.S. bishop

ccn-ottawa@rogers.com (Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News) — Wed, 01 Oct 2014 13:00:00 -0400

OTTAWA - Ottawa Archbishop Terrence Prendergast was sent by the Vatican to investigate the bishop of Kansas City-St. Joseph, according to published reports.