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Nearly 400 Franciscans pose Aug. 1, 2019, during a four-day gathering in Denver. It is one of the largest gatherings of Franciscans in the United States, with the purpose of friars getting to know each other as the process of the order's six provinces become one. The gathering took place July 29-Aug. 2. (CNS photo/Octavio Duran)

Franciscans’ Denver meeting first phase of making six provinces into one

Catholic News Service
August 13, 2019
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History was made when close to 400 Franciscan friars — from 25 states as well as Canada, Italy Jamaica, Mexico and the Philippines — gathered in unity and fraternity in Denver for the religious order’s “Chapter of Mats.”

El obispo auxiliar Mark Brennan (centro) se unió en su misa de despedida del 11 de agosto por el arzobispo William E. Lori (izquierda) y el obispo auxiliar Denis J. Madden (derecha). (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)

Baltimore despide al Obispo Brennan

Norma Montenegro Flynn
August 13, 2019
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Aproximadamente 300 personas, en su mayoría inmigrantes hispanos, expresaron su amor y gratitud por el ministerio del obispo auxiliar de Baltimore Mark E. Brennan durante una misa bilingüe de despedida el 11 de agosto en la Iglesia Sacred Heart of Jesus-Sagrado Corazón de Jesús en Highlandtown.

Auxiliary Bishop Mark Brennan (center) was joined at his Aug. 11 farewell Mass by Archbishop William E. Lori (left) and Auxiliary Bishop Denis J. Madden (right). (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)

Baltimore bids farewell to Bishop Brennan

Norma Montenegro Flynn
August 12, 2019
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Approximately 300 people, mostly Hispanic immigrants, expressed their love and gratitude for the ministry of Baltimore Auxiliary Bishop Mark E. Brennan during an Aug. 11 farewell Mass at Sacred Heart of Jesus-Sagrado Corazón de Jesús in Highlandtown.

Pope Francis is greeted by a member of an indigenous group from the Amazon region during a meeting at the Coliseo Regional Madre de Dios in Puerto Maldonado, Peru, Jan.19, 2018. The upcoming Synod of Bishops on the Amazon is an "urgent" gathering, not of scientists and politicians, but for the church whose main focus in discussions will be evangelization, Pope Francis said in a new interview. (CNS photo/Alessandro Bianchi, Reuters)

In new interview, pope explains aim of synod, warns against nationalism

Carol Glatz
August 9, 2019
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The upcoming Synod of Bishops on the Amazon is an “urgent” gathering, not of scientists and politicians, but for the church whose main focus in discussions will be evangelization, Pope Francis said in a new interview.

An extraordinary minister of holy Communion in Brooklyn, N.Y., distributes the Eucharist during Mass in this 2008 file photo. A new Pew study about the level of Catholic belief in the real presence of Jesus in the Eucharist showed that a majority of Catholics do not believe that the bread and wine used at Mass become the body and blood of Christ. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

Pew survey shows majority of Catholics don’t believe in ‘Real Presence’

Mark Pattison
August 9, 2019
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A new study about the level of Catholic belief in the real presence of Jesus in the Eucharist showed that a majority of Catholics do not believe that the bread and wine used at Mass become the body and blood of Christ.

Pope Francis greets Setsuko Thurlow, a survivor of the 1945 atomic bombing in Hiroshima, Japan, and a delegation from the organization Earth Caravan during his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican March 20, 2019. The group presented a flame of peace, which the pope blew upon. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

On anniversary, Japan’s bishops renew hope for nuclear-free world

Carol Glatz
August 8, 2019
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With the anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, the bishops of Japan are renewing calls and prayers to build peace by abolishing nuclear weapons worldwide and promoting integral human development.

A dog named "Enzo" and Milo Ventimiglia appear in the movie "The Art of Racing in the Rain." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13 -- parents strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. (CNS photo/Fox)

Movie Review: ‘The Art of Racing in the Rain’

John Mulderig
August 8, 2019
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This otherwise benign drama about a man and his dog, adapted from the novel by Garth Stein, is marred by a treatment of reincarnation that prevents endorsement of it for impressionable viewers.

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