✣Pope accepts Cardinal Wuerl’s resignation
What happened? Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Cardinal Donald Wuerl as Archbishop of Washington, but named him apostolic administrator until his successor is named. The cardinal, who offered to resign three years ago at the customary age of 75, had faced criticism over the McCarrick case and over his handling of abuse decades ago. (He denied wrongdoing.) Pope Francis praised Wuerl’s “nobility” in choosing not to defend himself publicly, adding: “Of this, I am proud and I thank you.”
