Meeting in Orlando during their spring plenary assembly, the bishops approved the revised text by a decisive margin of 176 votes to 22, with six abstentions. Photo: OSV News photo/Bob Roller

U.S. Bishops Affirm Advancement of a Cause of Beatification and Canonization for Monsignor Joseph Francis Buh

Bishop Thomas John Paprocki, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee on Canonical Affairs and Church Governance, and Bishop Daniel J. Felton of the Diocese of Duluth, facilitated the bishops’ discussion. By a voice vote, the bishops expressed their support for advancing the cause of beatification and canonization on the diocesan level.

The World’s Oldest Priest Dies: Who Was He? How Old Was He? Where Did He Live?

Father Bruno Kant always carried his breviary, «his last and most precious memento.» He obtained his high school diploma in Danzig in 1934. He lost his father in the War, a painful thorn that haunted him for a long time: «I wanted to be a priest because I thought that, after all the disappointments I had experienced, perhaps I could improve the world a little.»