GUAM
USA Today
Haidee V Eugenio, Pacific Daily News (Guam)
HAGATNA, Guam — Coadjutor Archbishop Michael Jude Byrnes officially stepped in Wednesday as head of Guam’s large Catholic Church, during a historic celebration marking the start of his episcopal ministry.
“I belong to you today. I’m one of yours,” Byrnes, 58, said, to the applause of the hundreds gathered inside the Dulce Nombre de Maria Cathedral-Basilica in Hagåtña on Wednesday morning.
Several other archbishops and bishops joined the celebration which was rich in symbolism — from Byrnes knocking on the door of the church building that will be his home, to Archbishop Savio Hon Tai Fai seated next to a pew covered in blue, symbolizing the Vatican’s solidarity with all victims of child sex abuse on Guam and around the world.
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