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Cindy Wooden writes for Catholic News Service.

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Jesuit Father Alfredo Ferro celebrates Mass July 14, 2019, in the indigenous community of Nazaret, Colombia. The first week of the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon saw support for the priestly ordination of married indigenous men, impassioned pleas for respect for indigenous culture and denunciations of violence against the Earth. (CNS photo/David Agren)

World

Ministry, ecology, mission are main themes at synod's first week

Cindy Wooden|Oct 14, 2019|5 Min Read

A man holds a banner showing new St. John Henry Newman before the canonization Mass for five new saints celebrated by Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Oct. 13, 2019. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Kindly lights in gloomy world: Pope declares five new saints

Cindy Wooden|Oct 13, 2019|5 Min Read

Britain's Prince Charles visits an exhibition of Cardinal Newman's life and work at the Venerable English College in Rome Oct. 13, 2019, the day of the canonization of St. John Henry Newman and four others. (CNS photo/Arthur Edwards, pool via Reuters)

World

Prince praises St. Newman; others promote him as 'doctor of the church'

Cindy Wooden|Oct 13, 2019|4 Min Read

Pope Francis prays at the start of the first session of the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon at the Vatican Oct. 7, 2019. Also pictured is Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri, secretary-general of the Synod of Bishops. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Cardinal Baldisseri explains who's at Amazon synod, how it works

Cindy Wooden|Oct 7, 2019|4 Min Read

Speakers attend the presentation of the book, "The Accord Between the Holy See and China," in Rome Sept. 26, 2019. The Italian book discusses the 2018 provisional agreement between the Vatican and China, its historical roots and the future of Catholicism in China. Pictured from left are: Marco Impagliazzo, president of the Community of Sant'Egidio; Archbishop Claudio Maria Celli, who retired as head of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications; Romano Prodi, an economist and former Italian prime minister; Andrea Riccardi, a historian and founder of the Community of Sant'Egidio; and Father Federico Lombardi, former Vatican spokesman. (CNS photo/courtesy Marco Pavani, Community of Sant'Egidio)

China-Vatican accord promotes church's pastoral work, speakers say

Cindy Wooden|Sep 27, 2019|3 Min Read

Faith

'Baptized and sent': Pope designates October as Mission Month

Cindy Wooden|Sep 26, 2019|4 Min Read

Bishops Robert W. McElroy of San Diego and Lionel Gendron of Saint-Jean-Longueuil, Quebec, are pictured in a combination photo. Pope Francis has named them and other members of his international Council of Cardinals to be voting members of the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon. (CNS photo/Francois Gloutnay, Presence/David Maung)

Vatican releases list of participants for Amazon synod

Cindy Wooden|Sep 23, 2019|2 Min Read

Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich and Freising, president of the German bishops' conference, gestures Sept. 13, 2019, during the extended Joint Conference of Bishops and Laity to prepare the "synodal way." The bishops of Germany, reacting to an independent study of the extent of clerical sexual abuse in their country and its possible causes, chose to initiate a "synodal" process that was not a synod or a plenary council. (CNS photo/Harald Oppitz, KNA)

World

German 'synodal way' is rapid response to abuse scandal, conference says

Cindy Wooden|Sep 20, 2019|5 Min Read

Pope Francis greets pilgrims as he arrives for his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Sept. 18, 2019. The Catholic Church will endure, despite the frailty and sins of its members, because it is God's project, Pope Francis said during the audience. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Faith

Despite human sinfulness, God's projects will endure, pope says

Cindy Wooden|Sep 18, 2019|3 Min Read

Pope Francis celebrates Mass Sept. 16, 2019, in the chapel of the Domus Sanctae Marthae, where he lives. After a summer break, the Mass marked the resumption of the pope inviting a small group of priests and faithful to join him for the liturgy. In his homily, Pope Francis urged Catholics to take seriously the call to pray for politicians, government leaders and all those in authority. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

News

Remember your politicians in prayer, pope says

Cindy Wooden|Sep 16, 2019|2 Min Read

Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich and Freising

Faith

Vatican officials offer guidance for German church gathering

Cindy Wooden|Sep 13, 2019|4 Min Read

Pope Francis speaks during a Sept. 12

Faith

Roll up your sleeves, get ready to get dirty, pope tells new bishops

Cindy Wooden|Sep 12, 2019|3 Min Read

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