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Participants from the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon celebrate Mass in the Catacombs of Domitilla in Rome Oct. 20, 2019. Several dozen synod participants at the Mass signed a pact promising to care for people and the earth and to give up a "colonist mentality and posture." (CNS photo/courtesy Father Julio Caldeira-REPAM)

At catacombs, synod members pledge simplicity, closeness to the poor

Cindy Wooden
October 21, 2019
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More than a half century after a group of bishops at the Second Vatican Council made a solemn pledge to live a simple lifestyle close to their people, a group of participants from the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon signed a new pact in the Catacombs of Domitilla.

U.S. Attorney General William Barr smiles before speaking in the McCartan Courtroom Oct. 11, 2019, at the University of Notre Dame's Law School in Indiana. Religion "helps promote moral discipline within society," but in the U.S. secularists are assaulting religion and its values, said Barr. CNS photo/Matt Cashore, University of Notre Dame)

Barr sees ‘growing refusal’ to accommodate free exercise of religion

Julie Asher
October 21, 2019
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Religion “helps promote moral discipline within society” and “helps teach, train and habituate people to want what is good,” U.S. Attorney General William Barr told an audience at the University of Notre Dame Law School.

Pope Francis poses for a photo as he meets indigenous people from the Amazonian region during an encounter in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican Oct. 17, 2019. The meeting took place during the second week of the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon. At right is Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri, secretary-general of the Synod of Bishops. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Indigenous vow to stand with Pope Francis, with each other

Cindy Wooden
October 18, 2019
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Pope Francis and members of the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon repeatedly vowed to support, defend and accompany the region’s indigenous people.

Workers in Washington are seen near solar panels Oct. 17, 2019, that are on the property of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington. The solar panels will be leased to produce renewable energy for Washington residents. (CNS photo/Andrew Biraj, Catholic Standard)

Washington Archdiocese’s solar array touted as model for church agencies

Mark Zimmerman
October 18, 2019
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The sun shone on Catholic Charities, literally, Oct. 17 as Washington Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory blessed a solar array installed on five acres of the agency’s land surrounding the Missionaries of Charity’s Gift of Peace home.

Members, observers and experts at the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon meet in a small working group Oct. 10, 2019, in the Vatican synod hall. The small group reports, released Oct. 18, pledged the church's support for the rights of indigenous people and a renewed commitment to safeguarding creation. Some groups also proposed the ordination of some married men to the priesthood and the development of official ministries for women in the church, possibly including the diaconate. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Synod groups propose Amazonian rite, new ministries for women

Junno Arocho Esteves
October 18, 2019
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Creating an Amazonian-rite liturgy and new ministries for laypeople, including the ordination of women deacons, are some of the recurring proposals made by small groups at the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon.

Children pick out treats during a Halloween carnival in 2014 at Santa Cruz Catholic School in Tucson, Ariz. Halloween is an opportunity for Catholics "to express in every detail of our observance the beauty and depth of the feast of All Saints," says Bishop David A. Konderla of Tulsa, Okla. Halloween is the eve of All Saints Day, Nov. 1. (CNS photo/Nancy Wiechec)

Don’t let Halloween scare you

Greg Erlandson
October 17, 2019
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Memo to handwringing adults: Ghouls and goblins and various ghostly apparitions don’t exist, but lust, greed, pride, envy and anger most certainly do. And they are far more frightening.

Elle Fanning, Angelina Jolie and Sam Riley star in a scene from the movie "Maleficent: Mistress of Evil." The Catholic News Service classification is A-II -- adults and adolescents. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG -- parental guidance suggested. Some material may not be suitable for children. (CNS photo/Disney)

Movie Review: ‘Maleficent: Mistress of Evil’

John Mulderig
October 17, 2019
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The moral probing and feminist revisionism that characterized its 2014 predecessor are mostly absent from the routine follow-up “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil” (Disney). So much so, that ethical straightforwardness makes its title seem somewhat misleading.

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