Liam Adams

2 days ago | usatoday.com | Liam Adams

The battle over Pope Francis’ reforms opened with a coordinated attack against guidance that eased restrictions on divorced and remarried parishioners receiving communion. Four conservative bishops challenged Francis' guidance in a document titled "Amoris Laetita" in a July 2017 letter, issuing a "correction" to "protect our fellow Catholics.""Heresies and other errors have in consequence spread through the Church," the four bishops wrote.

3 days ago | yahoo.com | Liam Adams

Catholic Church leadership for Middle Tennessee remembers the late Pope Francis for his social advocacy, compassion for Nashville after a school shooting, and his request to pray for him. “So, in this moment, we continue to honor Pope Francis’ request. In the light of our hope in the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, let us offer up a prayer,” the Rev. J. Mark Spalding, bishop for the Catholic Diocese of Nashville, said in a statement April 21.

3 days ago | tennessean.com | Liam Adams

Pope Francis, born as Jorge Mario Bergoglio, died April 21 at age 88. Rev. J. Mark Spalding, bishop for the Catholic Diocese of Nashville, released statement and remembers "hallmarks" of Francis' legacy, including statement about Nashville in wake of 2023 shooting. Local Catholics are expected to attend Mass at the Cathedral of the Incarnation April 21 that Rev. John Hammond will preside over, and Spalding will be the celebrant at an official diocesan Mass.

1 week ago | tennessean.com | Liam Adams

Gerald Powers, a Tennessee man who a judge sentenced to death 26 years ago, died Saturday on death row. He was 70. A spokesperson for the Tennessee Department of Correction confirmed in a statement the news about Powers, who was one of 45 male death row inmates in Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville. A jury convicted Powers of first-degree murder for killing a woman, Shannon Sanderson, in 1996 in Memphis.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Liam Adams

A 23-year-old Nashville man died of a fatal shooting Friday night in an incident that homicide detectives are investigating as accidental. The victim, Dontrail Spencer, Jr., died of a gunshot wound after admitting himself at Nashville General Hospital at 9 p.m. on Friday night, a Metro Nashville Police Department news release said. About 20 minutes prior, police responded to a 911 call at a house on Hydes Ferry Road. There were no individuals in the home when police entered.