Pope Leo XIV appoints Bishop Ramón Bejarano to lead Monterey Diocese
http://www.myspiritfm.com/News?blogid=Catholic-News&view=post&articleid=290691&link=1&fldKeywords=&fldAuthor=&fldTopic=0
San Diego Auxiliary Bishop Ramón Bejarano celebrates Mass at St. Augustine's School on Dec. 5, 2021, to honor Our Lady of Guadalupe. / Credit: John Gastaldo/Catholic Diocese of San DiegoVatican City, Dec 17, 2025 / 10:18 am (CNA).Pope Leo XIV has appointed Bishop Ramón Bejarano, currently auxiliary bishop of San Diego, as the next bishop of Monterey in California. The appointment was publicized on Dec. 17 by the Holy See Press Office at the Vatican and by Cardinal Christophe Pierre, apostolic nuncio to the United States.Bejarano succeeds Bishop Daniel E. Garcia, who led Monterey before being appointed bishop of Austin, Texas, on July 2 and installed there on Sept. 18.Bejarano was born July 17, 1969, in Laredo, Texas, and completed ecclesiastical studies at the diocesan seminary in Tijuana, Mexico, and at Mount Angel Seminary in Oregon, the Vatican said. He was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Stockton on Aug. 15, 1998.Named titular bishop of Carpi and auxiliary bishop of Sa...
San Diego Auxiliary Bishop Ramón Bejarano celebrates Mass at St. Augustine's School on Dec. 5, 2021, to honor Our Lady of Guadalupe. / Credit: John Gastaldo/Catholic Diocese of San Diego
Vatican City, Dec 17, 2025 / 10:18 am (CNA).
Pope Leo XIV has appointed Bishop Ramón Bejarano, currently auxiliary bishop of San Diego, as the next bishop of Monterey in California. The appointment was publicized on Dec. 17 by the Holy See Press Office at the Vatican and by Cardinal Christophe Pierre, apostolic nuncio to the United States.
Bejarano succeeds Bishop Daniel E. Garcia, who led Monterey before being appointed bishop of Austin, Texas, on July 2 and installed there on Sept. 18.
Bejarano was born July 17, 1969, in Laredo, Texas, and completed ecclesiastical studies at the diocesan seminary in Tijuana, Mexico, and at Mount Angel Seminary in Oregon, the Vatican said. He was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Stockton on Aug. 15, 1998.
Named titular bishop of Carpi and auxiliary bishop of San Diego on Feb. 27, 2020, he received episcopal consecration on July 14, 2020.
The Diocese of Monterey is comprised of 21,916 square miles in California and has a total population of 1,042,464, of which 368,150 are Catholic, according to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Full Article
http://www.myspiritfm.com/News?blogid=Catholic-News&url=10&view=post&articleid=290683&link=1&fldKeywords=&fldAuthor=&fldTopic=0
St. Januarius (left) and the relic of the blood of St. Januarius. / Credit: Chapel of St. JanuariusACI Prensa Staff, Dec 16, 2025 / 12:58 pm (CNA).The miracle of the liquefaction of the blood of St. Januarius, patron saint of the Italian city of Naples, occurred again on Tuesday, Dec. 16.According to the Archdiocese of Naples, the miracle took place after Mass in the Royal Chapel of the Treasure of St. Januarius on the feast of the patronage of St. Januarius."At 9:13 a.m. local time, the blood already appeared semi-liquid. At 10:05 a.m., the complete liquefaction was announced," the archdiocese reported."Dec. 16 is the third of three annual celebrations in honor of the martyred saint. This date commemorates the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 1631, when the Neapolitans requested and obtained the miraculous intervention of St. Januarius to prevent the lava from engulfing the city," he explained.The announcement of the miracle was made by Monsignor Vincenzo De Gregorio, abbot of th...
http://www.myspiritfm.com/News?blogid=Catholic-News&url=10&view=post&articleid=290682&link=1&fldKeywords=&fldAuthor=&fldTopic=0
The Wisconsin Supreme Court building in Madison, Wisconsin. / Credit: Richard Hurd/Wikimedia CommonsCNA Staff, Dec 16, 2025 / 13:00 pm (CNA).The Wisconsin state government lost decisively a second time in what has become a convoluted effort to block a Catholic charity from receiving a long-running state tax exemption.The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Dec. 15 blocked state Attorney General Josh Kaul's attempt to fully eliminate an unemployment tax exemption after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Diocese of Superior's Catholic Charities Bureau was entitled to the tax break.The U.S. Supreme Court in June had ruled that Wisconsin violated the First Amendment when it denied the tax exemption to the Catholic group on the grounds that the group's charitable undertakings were not "primarily" religious.The state responded in October by moving to eliminate the exemption entirely, arguing that the tax break is "discriminatory" and that ending the policy would "avoid collateral damage to...
http://www.myspiritfm.com/News?blogid=Catholic-News&url=10&view=post&articleid=290681&link=1&fldKeywords=&fldAuthor=&fldTopic=0
Pope Leo XIV presides at the jubilee Mass for prisoners on Dec. 14, 2025. / Credit: Vatican MediaACI Prensa Staff, Dec 16, 2025 / 15:11 pm (CNA).The last major event of the Jubilee of Hope was dedicated to prisoners around the world, some of whom during the past weekend were able to experience freedom and fulfill a dream: to go see Pope Leo XIV.Víctor Aguado, director of prison ministry in Valencia, Spain, accompanied a group of prisoners to the Eternal City, many of whom had spent more than 12 years behind bars. Thanks to special permission, they were able to travel and become living witnesses that "hope breaks down walls and that dignity cannot be taken away."In a conversation with ACI Prensa, CNA's Spanish-language news partner, Aguado recounted the details of the "intense, emotional, and spiritual" trip that will forever mark the lives of the men and women who have been incarcerated. The group was composed of a total of 13 people from Valencia, including prisoners, vol...
