IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (CNS) — Standing where the phrase "by the sweat of their brow" is a daily reality for hundreds of Madagascar’s poor, Pope Francis prayed for those whose daily bread is earned by hard physical labor and for the unemployed longing to …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (CNS) — God’s plan for humanity involves community, mutual support, sharing and caring for each other and for the earth, Pope Francis said. "As we look around us, how many men and women, young people and children are suffering and in …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (CNS) — Following Jesus means growing in friendship with him and with one’s brothers and sisters, never being content with the way things are, but not just griping about them either, Pope Francis told young people. Jesus calls his disciples "to …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (CNS) — In Madagascar, where the destruction of the environment and the suffering of the poor are inextricably bound, Pope Francis urged government officials to promote development projects that protect nature. The crisis facing the island nation in the Indian Ocean …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Marco Bello, Reuters By MIAMI (CNS) — In the wake of Hurricane Dorian’s brutal blasting of the Bahamas, Catholic organizations in Florida continued to raise funds to aid victims there. The best aid from individual Catholics is monetary donations. Money can be used to buy supplies in bulk …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Halliwell, Royal Navy handout via Reuters By Tom Tracy MIAMI (CNS) — An interim parish administrator and assistant principal of the St. Francis de Sales Parish and School in Marsh Harbour, Abaco Islands, Bahamas, said his school was in ruins and the island is in a desperate …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden MAPUTO, Mozambique (CNS) — When Jesus told his disciples to love one another and pray for their enemies, he meant it — even disciples in a nation like Mozambique, where political tensions have led to violence, war and death, Pope Francis said. The …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Dante Carrer, Reuters By Tom Tracy MIAMI (CNS) — The Bahamanian government’s estimated death toll from Hurricane Dorian is likely to rise if and when members of the Haitian immigrant community are accounted for and when search and rescue operations begin in earnest, said an attorney in the …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn By BUFFALO, N.Y. (CNS) — Bishop Richard J. Malone of Buffalo said the majority of priests and parishioners in the diocese supported him and he would not resign over his handling of a situation involving two priests’ relationship with a seminarian. "I’m here because I feel …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden MAPUTO, Mozambique (CNS) — 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. The …