FORT WORTH (TX)
WFAA
[with video]
by JIM DOUGLAS
Posted on September 21, 2012
FORT WORTH — Bells of Saint Patrick’s Cathedral echoed through downtown Fort Worth at noon Friday, calling parishioners to Mass.
Many arrived with heavy hearts.
“It’s a sad day,” said worshiper Felipa Hernandez. “We love Bishop Vann. Our hearts are with him.”
The news that Pope Benedict XVI has reassigned Bishop Kevin Vann to the Diocese of Orange in southern California had just come in.
In fact, Bishop Vann was already in California as congregants in North Texas lifted prayers for him.
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