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IMAGE: CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis has chosen Brazil’s Cardinal Claudio Hummes to serve as relator general of next year’s Synod of Bishops on the Amazon. The nomination of the 84-year-old retired Archbishop of Sao Paulo was announced at the Vatican on …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden RAKOVSKI, Bulgaria (CNS) — In the Catholic heart of Bulgaria, Pope Francis celebrated a special Mass for 245 children receiving their first Communion and thanked them for helping him, their parents and grandparents remember their own first Communion. "Today you have made it …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden SOFIA, Bulgaria (CNS) — Twelve boys and girls wearing white T-shirts and dark pants sang for Pope Francis at a refugee center on the outskirts of Sofia. Their songs were cheerful and the drawings they gave the pope were chock full of smiles …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden SOFIA, Bulgaria (CNS) — On the day Bulgarian Orthodox celebrate as "St. Thomas Sunday" and read the Gospel about the apostle asking to touch the wounds of the risen Lord, Pope Francis said the divisions within Christianity are "painful lacerations on the body …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob Roller By Mark Pattison WASHINGTON (CNS) — The Rev. David Beckmann is preparing to step aside as president of the Christian citizens anti-hunger lobby Bread for the World after 27 years. In fact, by the time a successor is chosen, it will be 28. Despite having his …

By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — A "fallacious" economic model that exploits the earth’s resources while disregarding the rights and cultures of indigenous people has left the planet in a precarious condition and requires a change of heart that places the common good before financial gain, Pope Francis …

IMAGE: CNS photo/SueAnn Howell, Catholic News Herald By CHARLOTTE, N.C. (CNS) — People gathered to pray at St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Charlotte the day after a student opened fire April 30 in a classroom at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte, which killed two people and wounded four others. "Our …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Jeffrey By Barbara Fraser PACARAIMA, Brazil (CNS) — The border between Venezuela and Brazil has been closed since Feb. 22, but hundreds of Venezuelan migrants still stream across daily, seeking refuge from a worsening political and economic crisis. They come from various parts of Venezuela, from the …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Vatican can move at a snail’s pace but looking back over the past six years, the profile of women, especially women religious, at Vatican events has risen sharply. The Roman Curia is not teeming with women leaders and …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Vatican Media By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Migrants are not a threat to a nation’s culture, traditions and values, Pope Francis said. Every nation is a product of immigration and the integration of diverse peoples, united by specific values, cultures and "healthy traditions," he said. That …