IMAGE: CNS photo/Peter Finney Jr., Clarion Herald By Peter Finney Jr. NEW ORLEANS (CNS) — From his elevated perch on the shoeshine stand near Concourse C of Louis Armstrong International Airport — a nondescript wooden platform with two blue-padded chairs and four metal footrests — Wayne Kendrick notices everything and …

IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By FREIBURG, Germany (CNS) — Responding to criticism of notes he published about the roots of the clerical sexual abuse crisis, retired Pope Benedict XVI said the fact that the critiques barely mentioned God proved his point. "As far as I can see, in most reactions to …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Katie Rutter By Katie Rutter LOUISVILLE, Ky. (CNS) — Sustainability is a lesson that even the leader of a green-minded school admits she is learning. Students at St. Agnes School in Louisville, Kentucky, took energy surveys of their elementary campus and caught the principal red-, or rather, hot-handed. …

By VATICAN CITY (CNS) — After nearly two weeks of massive protests in the fallout of scandals involving corruption and offensive private messages, Gov. Ricardo Rossello of Puerto Rico resigned from office, becoming the first governor to do so in the island’s history. In a Facebook Live video message broadcast …

IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy Pax Christi USA By Dennis Sadowski WASHINGTON (CNS) — When Johnny Zokovitch started working for Pax Christi USA in 2001, he was tasked with connecting young people with the Catholic peace organization. As the group’s new executive director beginning Sept. 21, Zokovitch continues to see young people …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Andrea Comas, Reuters By KOLKATA, India (CNS) — Missionaries of Charity nuns in India celebrated the birthday of their order’s founder, St. Teresa of Kolkata, three years after her canonization, breaking a Catholic convention. Archbishop Thomas D’Souza of Kolkata led a Mass Aug. 26 marking the 109th anniversary …

IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy Bessy Jovel By Rhina Guidos MEXICO CITY (CNS) — Soldiers appeared recently at the diocesan migrant shelter in the northern Mexican city of Saltillo and demanded to see the identifications of its guests. Shelter director Alberto Xicotencatl raced into the street to confront the soldiers July 23, …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob Roller By Christopher Gunty WHEELING, W.Va. (CNS) — People from around the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston already have a good feeling about their new shepherd, Bishop Mark E. Brennan, who was installed Aug. 22 as the ninth bishop of the diocese. Ron and Jenny Gaither came from Fairmont, …

IMAGE: CNS photo/NASA, NOAA handout via Reuters By Lise Alves SAO PAULO (CNS) — "Crying out to the world for solidarity," leaders of the Latin American bishops’ council urged international action to save the Amazon rainforest as massive fires continued to burn. "We urge the governments of the Amazonian countries, …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Stringer, Reuters By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Rejecting violence, promoting interreligious harmony, caring for the environment and stamping out government corruption are expected to be high on the agenda Sept. 4-10 when Pope Francis visits Mozambique, Madagascar and Mauritius. "The pope’s very presence will be his …