Bishop William Wack Archives

Florida bishop says movie ‘puts a human face’ on prison population

Feb 10, 2020

Bishop Bill Wack believes the new film Just Mercy “puts a human face” on the crisis facing America’s prison population.

Bishop calls mass shooting at naval station ‘truly heartbreaking’

Dec 11, 2019

Reacting to “the horrific mass shooting” that took place early Dec. 6 at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Bishop William A. Wack of Pensacola-Tallahassee said the “tragedy in our diocese is truly heartbreaking.”

By Catholic News Service

Florida diocese seeks to help ex-offenders by showing ‘they are still loved’

May 31, 2019

A new ministry seeks to rehabilitate prisoners in the state with the highest incarceration rate in the world.

By Christopher White

Bishops hope renewed spirit of holiness emerges from January retreat

Dec 20, 2018

Several bishops who are planning to join a weeklong U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops retreat to start the New Year are trusting they’ll return to their dioceses with a renewed sense of what it means to shepherd the faithful.

By Dennis Sadowski

Bishops take to Twitter to back ‘March for Our Lives’

Mar 26, 2018

Around the country. U.S. bishops took to Twitter over the weekend to express support for the “March for Our Lives” and tighter controls on guns.

By Christopher White

America’s youngest bishop draws inspiration from three popes

Nov 24, 2017

In May, Pope Francis named Wack the sixth bishop of the diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee. While less than five percent of the population of his diocese is Catholic, Wack’s missionary zeal makes him eager to change those statistics. Meanwhile, at age 50, he’s the nation’s youngest bishop and quite happy to have been tasked with heading a manageable-sized diocese as his first episcopal assignment.

By Christopher White