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Members of Syrian National Army, known as the Free Syrian Army, react as they drive on top of an armored vehicle Oct. 11, 2019, in the Turkish border town of Ceylanpinar. Dozens of advocacy organizations participating in the International Religious Freedom Roundtable called on U.S. President Donald Trump "not to abandon Christians, Yazidis and Kurds" in the Syrian border region that Turkey is bombing. (CNS photo/Murad Sezer, Reuters)

Advocates to Trump: Don’t desert Christians, Yazidis, Kurds in Syria

Dale Gavlak
October 11, 2019
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Christians concerned with religious freedom violations resulting from the Turkish military offensive on northeastern Syria are urging U.S. President Donald Trump to “reconsider and reverse” his Oct. 6 decision to move American troops out of the way of a Turkish incursion.

Proceeds from a Christmas concert at the Vatican starring Lionel Richie, Bonnie Tyler and Susan Boyle will go to help protect the Amazon and support indigenous communities there. (CNS photo/Jane Barlow, Dylan Martinez, Reuters, Jason Bell)

Vatican releases lineup for Christmas concert supporting the Amazon

Catholic News Service
October 11, 2019
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Proceeds from a Christmas concert at the Vatican starring Lionel Richie, Bonnie Tyler and Susan Boyle will go to help protect the Amazon and support indigenous communities there.

Archbishop Lori’s Homily: Feast of St. John XXIII; Knights of Columbus Board Meeting

Archbishop William E. Lori
October 11, 2019
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Today we celebrate the feast of St. John XXIII, the endearing “interim” Pope, who was supposed to give the Church a ‘breather’ but instead, by deciding to convoke the II Vatican Council, opened the way for the Holy Spirit to breathe anew upon the Church so as to bring about an authentic renewal of the Church’s life and mission.

Celestina Fernandes da Silva, a Catholic activist, waters flowers in front of her home in the Wapishana indigenous village of Tabalascada, Brazil, April 3, 2019. Franciscan Father Joao Messias Sousa, who works among indigenous in the Amazon, said the people believe "God is in all things, but those things are not gods." (CNS Photo/Paul Jeffrey)

God in all things: Synod looks at indigenous ‘theology of creation’

Barbara J. Fraser
October 11, 2019
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By demanding respect for the cultures of indigenous peoples, Pope Francis was not promoting pantheism, but — tapping into his Jesuit roots — urging respect for a worldview that sees God in all things.

Catholic News Service reporter Carol Zimmermann moderates a roundtable on the death penalty at the headquarters of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Washington Oct. 10, 2019. Pictured are: Archbishops Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City and Wilton D. Gregory of Washington and Bishop Frank J. Dewane of Venice, Fla. (CNS photo/Bob Roller)

In death penalty discussion, U.S. bishops emphasize human dignity, mercy

Carol Zimmermann
October 10, 2019
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The Catholic Church’s opposition to the death penalty stems from its view on the sacredness of human life and the value of mercy, said U.S. bishops in a roundtable discussion about capital punishment Oct. 10.

Monsignor Lloyd E. Aiken, pastor emeritus of Sacred Heart,, Glyndon and St. Charles Borromeo, Pikesviile, receives hugs and well wishes from hundreds of parishioners following an Oct. 6 Mass celebrated by Archbishop William E. Lori at the Glyndon church. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)

Monsignor Aiken accompanied by many on his ‘journey’ with cancer

Paul McMullen
October 10, 2019
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Nine months into his fight with stage 4 cancer, the 74-year-old priest of the Archdiocese of Baltimore can see he is not alone.

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)

What kind of “believers”?

George Weigel
October 10, 2019
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Catholicism is dying in the German-speaking world, not because the Gospel has been proclaimed and found incredible or hard, but because it hasn’t been proclaimed with joy, confidence, and zeal.

Members of the Little Sisters of the Poor pray during Mass at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana April 9, 2016. The Little Sisters of the Poor filed a petition with the Supreme Court Oct. 1, 2019, asking the court to once again protect them from the contraceptive mandate of the Affordable Care Act. (CNS photo/Peter Ringenberg, Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture)

Little Sisters of the Poor again seek Supreme Court’s help

Carol Zimmermann
October 10, 2019
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The Little Sisters of the Poor filed a petition with the Supreme Court Oct. 1 asking the court to once again protect them from the contraceptive mandate of the Affordable Care Act.

A statue of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, who is the patroness of immigrants and once lived in Brooklyn, N.Y., is carried into Sacred Hearts-St. Stephen Church in Brooklyn Oct. 6, 2019. Calls for a statue of Mother Cabrini, as she is best known, began as part of the She Built NYC project, a public arts initiative that aims to increase the number of statues of women in New York City. (CNS photo/Ed Wilkson, The Tablet)

Italian Americans, others call for New York to honor saint with statue

Catholic News Service
October 9, 2019
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The outrage over the snubbing of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini by New York City first lady Chirlane McCray’s She Built NYC commission culminated in a march and Mass Oct. 6 to support a public statue of Mother Cabrini, as the patron saint of immigrants is best known.

Retired Bishop Erwin Krautler of Xingu, Brazil, speak at a press briefing following a session of the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon at the Vatican Oct. 9, 2019. Also pictured is scientist Carlos Alfonso Nobre, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Most Amazon bishops support ‘viri probati,’ women deacons, bishop says

Junno Arocho Esteves
October 9, 2019
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Most bishops who lead dioceses in the Amazon support the ordination of married men of proven virtue, or “viri probati,” as a way of addressing the lack of priests in the region, a Brazilian bishop said.

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