Pope Francis removed Bishop Joseph Strickland of Tyler, Texas, from his post Saturday after he refused to resign, according to Cardinal Daniel DiNardo.
The plan includes an immediate cash payout of a minimum of $100,000 to claimants with a lawsuit and a $50,000 minimum to those without a qualifying lawsuit.
It was 25 years ago that two gunmen killed 12 students and one teacher before turning their guns on themselves at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado.
In a brief statement emailed to journalists in French, the Holy See said it “was saddened by certain scenes at the opening ceremony” of the Olympic Games.
“My heart sank when I learned that an aircraft crashed at Cottman Avenue and Roosevelt Boulevard in Northeast Philadelphia tonight,” Archbishop Nelson Peréz said.