By Julie Asher Catholic News Service A remarkable thing happened in the Archdiocese of Agaña, Guam, about eight weeks after the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a worldwide pandemic. On May 2, 2020, thousands of Catholics came out of their homes as a rare procession passed by: A pickup truck took Guam’s revered statue of […]
Guam archdiocese to file Chapter 11 bankruptcy
By Catholic News Service HAGATNA, Guam — Sometime in the weeks ahead, the Archdiocese of Agana will file bankruptcy and reorganize under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, Archbishop Michael J. Byrnes said Nov. 7. “The bankruptcy proceeding is a continuation of the good faith mediation protocol that the archdiocese has engaged in for […]