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A member of the Shanenawa tribe observes an indigenous dance during a festival to celebrate nature and ask for an end to the burning of the Amazon, in the indigenous village of Morada Nova near Feijo, Brazil, Sept. 1, 2019. The Brazilian Catholic bishops are pressuring the government to guarantee the safety of several Amazonian indigenous peoples. (CNS photo/Ueslei Marcelino, Reuters)

Catholics denounce attacks against Brazil’s indigenous peoples in Amazon

Catholic News Service
September 4, 2019
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After denouncing the record number of wildfires in the Amazon in August and the growing deforestation of the region, the Brazilian Catholic Church is pressuring the government to guarantee the safety of several Amazonian indigenous peoples, alerting the authorities of the imminent risk of genocide in northern Brazil.

An officer with the U.S. Army military honor guard holds the U.S. flag over the casket of the late Carl Mann Sr., a World War II veteran, during his burial June 6, 2019, at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, outside Washington. In a joint appeal marking 80 years since start of World War II, Polish and German bishops warn that Europeans still need to work toward peace and unity. (CNS photo/Bob Roller)

Marking start of WWII, Polish, German bishops urge new peace efforts

Jonathan Luxmoore
September 3, 2019
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Catholic bishops from Poland and Germany have warned that peace and unity are still needed in Europe, 80 years after the start of World War II.

Bishop Mark E. Brennan greets Yvette Smith (from left), Kiara Moore and Carrie Chambliss, neighbors who live across the street from St. Joseph Cathedral in Wheeling, after his Mass of installation Aug. 22 as the ninth bishop of Wheeling-Charleston. (Christopher Gunty/CR Staff)

Deacon created shepherd’s crosier for Bishop Brennan

Christopher Gunty
September 3, 2019
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Bishop Brennan’s new crosier was crafted by a longtime friend who imagined what King David’s crosier may have looked like.

Cardinals attend a consistory led by Pope Francis to create new cardinals in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican in this June 28, 2018, file photo. The pope announced Sept. 1 that he will create 13 new cardinals at an Oct. 5 consistory. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

New cardinals: Pope’s choices stress dialogue, care for poor

Cindy Wooden
September 3, 2019
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After the consistory to create new cardinals in early October, Pope Francis will have chosen more than half of the men who will enter the Sistine Chapel to elect his successor.

An assembly line worker is seen at Renegade RV in Bristol, Ind., April 16, 2019. The need to ensure worker rights and adequate wages remains as vital in today's society as it was a century ago, Bishop Frank J. Dewane of Venice, Fla., chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, said in a Labor Day message. (CNS photo/Tim Aeppel, Reuters)

Century-old ‘Bishops’ Program’ highlights Labor Day statement

Mark Pattison
September 1, 2019
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The 1919 “Bishops’ Program for Social Reconstruction” was showcased in this year’s Labor Day statement to demonstrate how so many of the issues the bishops touched upon a century ago in the wake of World War I’s end still resonate in improving the conditions of workers today.

Pope Francis prays as he arrives for a consistory to create new cardinals in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican in this June 28, 2017, file photo. The pope announced Sept. 1 that he will create 13 new cardinals at a Oct. 5 consistory. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Pope to create 13 new cardinals in October

Cindy Wooden
September 1, 2019
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Pope Francis announced he will create 13 new cardinals Oct. 5, choosing prelates from 13 different nations as a sign of “the missionary vocation of the church that continues to proclaim the merciful love of God to all men and women of the earth.”

Lake Pend Oreille and Sandpoint, Idaho, are seen from Schweitzer MountainResort in this Aug. 11, 2019 photo. The ecumenical World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation is celebrated Sept. 1 by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople and Pope Francis. (CNS photo/CindyWooden)

Repent, convert, pray, give up fossil fuels, pope says

Cindy Wooden
September 1, 2019
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“Now is the time to abandon our dependence on fossil fuels and move, quickly and decisively, toward forms of clean energy,” Pope Francis said as he marked the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation.

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