{"id":5005,"date":"2018-10-12T14:44:02","date_gmt":"2018-10-12T18:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stevencwelsh.info\/faith-central\/catholic-news\/?p=5005"},"modified":"2018-10-12T14:54:48","modified_gmt":"2018-10-12T18:54:48","slug":"catholic-newswatch-video-pope-francis-accepts-resignation-of-cardinal-donald-wuerl-appoints-him-interim-dc-leader-cna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevencwelsh.info\/faith-central\/catholic-news\/catholic-newswatch-video-pope-francis-accepts-resignation-of-cardinal-donald-wuerl-appoints-him-interim-dc-leader-cna\/","title":{"rendered":"CATHOLIC NEWSWATCH &#038; VIDEO: &#8220;Pope Francis Accepts Resignation of Cardinal Donald Wuerl, Appoints Him Interim DC leader&#8221; &#8211; CNA"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><em>[scroll down for video]<\/em><br \/>\n&#8220;Pope Francis accepted the resignation of &#8230; Cardinal Donald Wuerl on Friday &#8230; asking [him] to continue &#8230; on an interim basis until a permanent successor is appointed. Wuerl, 77, originally submitted his resignation &#8230; when he turned 75 &#8230;. The pope &#8230; received a Sept. 21 request from Wuerl that his resignation be accepted. &#8230; Francis defended the cardinal from &#8230; widespread criticism he has faced &#8230;. since late June, when revelations about alleged sexual misconduct on the part of his predecessor, Archbishop Theodore McCarrick, raised questions about what Wuerl knew about McCarrick, and how he responded &#8230;. &#8220;[In addition], the Aug. 14 &#8230; grand jury report detailing decades of abuse allegations in six Pennsylvania dioceses put under close scrutiny Wuerl\u2019s record as Bishop of Pittsburgh &#8230; from 1988 to 2006. &#8230; rais[ing] concerns that Wuerl had allowed priests accused of abuse to remain in ministry &#8230;.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/pope-francis-accepts-resignation-of-cardinal-donald-wuerl-65947\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Click here for: &#8220;Pope Francis accepts resignation of Cardinal Donald Wuerl, appoints him interim DC leader&#8221; &#8211; CNA<\/em><\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div wibbitz=\"wbtz-static-embed\" wibbitz-clip-id=\"bfb3f988a8d7943738a95d393f9f2da8d\"><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) {\n\tif (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n\tvar js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n\tjs.src = \"\/\/cdn4.wibbitz.com\/static.js\";\n\td.getElementsByTagName(\"body\")[0].appendChild(js);\n}(document, \"script\", \"wibbitz-static-embed\"));<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[scroll down for video] &#8220;Pope Francis accepted the resignation of &#8230; Cardinal Donald Wuerl on Friday &#8230; asking [him] to continue &#8230; on an interim basis until a permanent successor is appointed. Wuerl, 77, originally submitted his resignation &#8230; when he turned 75 &#8230;. The pope &#8230; received a Sept. 21 request from Wuerl that his resignation be accepted. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":359,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[644,683,3,372,4,684,44,133,73,490,23,645,19,489,18],"tags":[679,82,10,11,26,493,140,494],"class_list":["post-5005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abuse-scandals","category-cardinal-donald-wuerl","category-catholic","category-catholic-church","category-catholic-faith","category-catholic-faith-2","category-catholic-news","category-faithwatch","category-feature-article","category-homosexuals","category-human-rights","category-mccarrick-scandal","category-pope-francis","category-sex-abuse","category-vatican","tag-archdiocese-of-washington","tag-cardinal-donald-wuerl","tag-catholic","tag-catholic-faith","tag-catholic-news","tag-child-abuse","tag-newswatch","tag-sex-abuse"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stevencwelsh.info\/faith-central\/catholic-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/basilica-dc-750.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevencwelsh.info\/faith-central\/catholic-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevencwelsh.info\/faith-central\/catholic-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevencwelsh.info\/faith-central\/catholic-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevencwelsh.info\/faith-central\/catholic-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevencwelsh.info\/faith-central\/catholic-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5005"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/stevencwelsh.info\/faith-central\/catholic-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5005\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5010,"href":"https:\/\/stevencwelsh.info\/faith-central\/catholic-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5005\/revisions\/5010"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevencwelsh.info\/faith-central\/catholic-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevencwelsh.info\/faith-central\/catholic-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevencwelsh.info\/faith-central\/catholic-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevencwelsh.info\/faith-central\/catholic-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}