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Bishops walk in procession from St. Peter's Basilica at the start of the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon at the Vatican in this Oct. 7, 2019, file photo. Pope Francis has chosen the theme of "synodality" for the next synod in 2022. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Pope chooses 'synodality' as theme for 2022 synod

Cindy Wooden|Mar 9, 2020|2 Min Read

Pope Francis is pictured on a video monitor in St. Peter's Square as he leads the Angelus from his library in the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican March 8, 2020. As a precaution to avoid spread of the coronavirus, the pope's Sunday Angelus was broadcast on television and displayed on monitors in St. Peter's Square. After leading the Angelus through video the pope said he wanted to see the crowd in "real time" and came to the window of his studio to greet people in the square. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

After leading 'virtual' Angelus, pope blesses crowd in St. Peter's Square

Cindy Wooden|Mar 8, 2020|4 Min Read

The International Theological Commission has released a new document dealing with the question of the validity of sacramental marriages in the absence of faith. (CNS photo illustration/Mike Crupi)

Faith

Lack of faith can impact validity of marriage, commission finds

Cindy Wooden|Mar 5, 2020|4 Min Read

A girl wearing a coronavirus-related protective face mask is pictured in London March 2, 2020. (CNS photo/Henry Nicholls, Reuters)

World

Lourdes shrine closes healing pools as precaution against coronavirus

Cindy Wooden|Mar 2, 2020|3 Min Read

Jesuit Father Hans Zollner, president of the Centre for Child Protection at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, and Cardinal Kevin J. Farrell, prefect of the Vatican's Dicastery for Laity, the Family and Life, participate in a meeting sponsored by the dicastery in Rome June 13, 2019. The dicastery brought together representatives of lay movements and associations to review child protection policies. (CNS photo/courtesy Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life)

Fighting abuse in lay movements: Vatican mandates norms, guidelines

Cindy Wooden|Feb 28, 2020|5 Min Read

A woman wearing a face mask checks her phone outside the Teatro alla Scala opera house, closed by authorities due to a coronavirus outbreak in Milan Feb. 24, 2020. The Archdiocese of Milan issued a notice Feb. 23 suspending all public celebrations of Mass until further notice in compliance with Italian Ministry of Health precautions to prevent the further spread of the coronavirus. (CNS photo/Flavio Lo Scalzo, Reuters)

World

Northern Italian dioceses take drastic measures against coronavirus

Cindy Wooden|Feb 24, 2020|3 Min Read

Code of Canon Law books for the Latin and Eastern Catholic churches are pictured in Rome at the Pontifical Oriental Institute in this file photo. The 12-year process of updating the Code of Canon Law section dealing with crimes and penalties was necessary "to make it more organic and responsive to new situations and problems," Pope Francis said Feb. 21, 2020. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Pope says revision of canon law section on crime, penalties is necessary

Cindy Wooden|Feb 21, 2020|3 Min Read

Pope Francis greets the crowd as he leads the Angelus from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Feb. 16, 2020. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Faith

God gives commandments to free people from sin, pope says

Cindy Wooden|Feb 17, 2020|3 Min Read

U.S.-born Sister Dorothy Stang, a member of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, is pictured in a 2004 file photo in Belem, northern Brazil. The nun was 73 when she was murdered Feb. 12, 2005, on an isolated road near the Brazilian town of Anapu. She had lived in the country for nearly four decades and was known as a fierce defender of a sustainable development project for the Amazon forest. (CNS photo/Reuters)

Pope on women in Amazon church: Don't try to 'clericalize' them

Cindy Wooden|Feb 12, 2020|5 Min Read

Copies of Pope Francis' apostolic exhortation, "Querida Amazonia" (Beloved Amazonia), are pictured at a news conference for the release of the exhortation at the Vatican Feb. 12, 2020. The document contains the pope's conclusions from the 2019 Synod of Bishops for the Amazon. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Pope shares his 'dreams' for Amazon region, its Catholic community

Cindy Wooden|Feb 12, 2020|4 Min Read

Pope Francis meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during a private audience at the Vatican Feb. 8, 2020. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

World

Pope, Ukrainian president talk about peace, freeing prisoners of war

Cindy Wooden|Feb 10, 2020|2 Min Read

During a general chapter meeting largely devoted to their order's sexual abuse crisis, the Legionaries of Christ elected U.S. Father John Connor as superior general for the next six years. Father Connor is pictured in an undated photo. (CNS photo/Legionaries of Christ)

World

Legionaries elect U.S. leader as superior general

Cindy Wooden|Feb 7, 2020|3 Min Read

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