Syracuse

Catholic bishop of Syracuse decries Doctrine of Discovery, suggests pope do the same

By Jack Jenkins — July 1, 2021
(RNS) — Bishop Douglas J. Lucia said he hopes to meet with the Vatican to discuss a series of 15th-century papal proclamations used by European Christians to rationalize the subjugation of Indigenous peoples.

Remains of St. Marianne Cope to return to Hawaii

By Renée K. Gadoua — December 19, 2013
Syracuse, N.Y. (RNS) The remains of St. Marianne Cope, one of 11 American Catholic saints, will be returned to Hawaii, where the Franciscan sister ministered among patients with leprosy for 35 years.
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