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Religious groups protest outside the federal building in Newark, N.J., Sept. 4, 2019, in support of humane immigration reform. Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin of Newark was among those gathered and led the chant: "Stop the Inhumanity!" (CNS photo/Jai Agnish for the Newark Archdiocese)

Newark’s Cardinal Tobin joins Catholics protesting immigration detention

Rhina Guidos
September 5, 2019
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Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin of Newark, New Jersey, blessed and then prayed near a group of Catholics who blocked a crosswalk, arranging themselves in the shape of a cross in front of Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Newark Sept. 4, to protest the detention of children and families in immigration facilities.

Pope Francis greets a young woman as he leads an interreligious meeting with young people at the Maxaquene Pavilion in Maputo, Mozambique, Sept. 5, 2019. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Pope in Mozambique talks peace, politics and young people’s dreams

Cindy Wooden
September 5, 2019
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With a courtesy and solemnity seldom seen at a gathering of opposing political leaders, Mozambican politicians came together a month before their general election to welcome Pope Francis and pledge to work for peace and the common good.

Pope Francis is pictured as he greets journalists aboard his flight from Rome to Maputo, Mozambique, Sept. 4, 2019. The pope will also visit Madagascar and Mauritius through Sept. 10. At left is Matteo Bruni, new director of the Vatican Press Office, and at right Msgr. Mauricio Rueda, papal trip planner. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Pope tells French reporter he’s honored by attacks on his ministry

Cindy Wooden
September 4, 2019
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Pope Francis told a reporter that it is “an honor when Americans attack me.”

Theodore McCarrick, a former cardinal and archbishop of Washington who was laicized last February following a Vatican trial on sexual abuse charges leveled against him, continued to deny he had abused anyone in an August interview with the online journal Slate. He is pictured in a 2001 photo. (CNS photo/Brendan McDermid, Reuters)

Laicized cardinal, in interview, continues to deny abuse allegations

Mark Pattison
September 4, 2019
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Theodore McCarrick, a former cardinal and archbishop of Washington who was laicized last February following a Vatican trial on sexual abuse charges leveled against him, continued to deny he had abused anyone in an August interview with the online journal Slate.

HOPE for All outreach team members Roger Potter, from left, Greg Wessel and Brock Hutton deliver a trailer full of donated furniture August 7 to Anne Arundel County resident Loretta Hall. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)

St. Philip Neri parishioners continue to support outreach begun in their basement

Karen Sampson Hoffman
September 4, 2019
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Under the guidance of Leo Zerhusen, HOPE (He Opens Paths to Everyone) For All has turned empty houses into furnished homes and outfitted children for school.

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.

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