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Pope sides with Fort Worth Bishop in dispute about rule over local monastery

Summary by Ground News

Pope Francis appoints Fort Worth bishop as Pontifical Commissary. Michael Olson is investigating an Arlington monastery he is investigating. The monastery filed a lawsuit challenging Olson's authority over them. The Vatican decree authoritatively rejects their appeal -- at least in the non-secular realm.

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Vatican gives Texas bishop authority to investigate report that nun broke chastity vow

FORT WORTH, Texas — The Vatican issued a decree Wednesday giving Bishop Michael Olson governing authority over a Carmelite monastery in Arlington embroiled in a legal battle against the bishop

3 years ago·Fort Worth, United States

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Fort Worth Diocese: Vatican Says Bishop Has Authority Over Carmelite Monastery Amid Investigation

CBS News Texas Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity in Arlington, Texas. Amid the investigation, the bishop banned the monastery from celebrating daily Mass and blocked access to regular confessions.

3 years ago

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