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Archdiocese of Seattle's 136 parishes officially become 60 parish families

The Archdiocese of Seattle's 136 parishes have officially became 60 parish families as part of Partners in the Gospel, the archdiocese's strategic pastoral planning initiative. The July 1 move comes after two years of planning and consultation with clergy, parish and school staffs and the laity, the archdiocese said. Each parish family will be led by a pastor or pastoral coordinator, and many will have at least one parochial vicar.

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Judge rules attorney general cannot enforce subpoena against Seattle Archdiocese

A judge ruled July 12 that the Washington state attorney general does not have legal authority to enforce a subpoena for clergy abuse records against the Archdiocese of Seattle, specifically noting that the religious exemption in the state Charitable Trust Act stands.

Archbishop Paul Etienne of Seattle leaves the Vatican's Paul VI Audience Hall Oct. 6, 2023, after a morning session of the assembly of the Synod of Bishops. (CNS/Lola Gomez)

Seattle Archdiocese to consolidate, combine 136 Catholic parishes into 60 'parish families'

A woman sets a floating candle lantern on the river Aug. 6, 2015, in Hiroshima, Japan. "Peace is founded on the primary relationship that exists between every human being and God himself, a relationship marked by righteousness," declares the Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church. (CNS photo/Paul Jeffrey)

US, Japanese bishops pledge to work toward 'world without nuclear weapons'

On the 78th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Archbishop Paul Etienne of Seattle and Archbishop John Wester of Santa Fe, New Mexico, joined three Japanese bishops in a formal pledge to concretely work toward "a world without nuclear weapons."

Shinto priests bow to the altar during an interfaith service at the Atomic Bomb Memorial Mound in Hiroshima, Japan, Aug. 6, 2023, to commemorate those who died in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima Aug. 6, 1945. (OSV News photo/Northwest Catholic)

In Japan for anniversary of atomic bombings, US archbishops urge nuclear disarmament

On the 78th anniversary of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Archbishop Paul Etienne of Seattle and Archbishop John Wester of Santa Fe, New Mexico, and the Pilgrimage of Peace delegation from their archdioceses participated in an interfaith prayer ceremony and a peace memorial ceremony.

 

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