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- Vatican "Prime" – Pope Calls Synod for the Amazon (The Forest, That Is)
  
  At the Angelus which wrapped up this morning's canonization of 35 saints – all but two martyrs from indigenous communities in Mexico and Brazil – the Pope took the liberty of making a fitting, yet...
- "A Dynamic and Living Reality" – The Catechism at 25... The Council at 55
  
  In the world of the Roman Church, today's date has come to hold something of a mythic significance... yet all of it rooted in the modern age. Fifty-five years ago on this 11th of October, John XXIII...
- In Orange, Tet +Nguyen – Finally, US’ Asian Fold Nabs New Bishop
  
  (Updated 4pm ET with presser video.) “Are all of your sons here?” Time and time again, that’s been the Pope’s question to his aides when addressing the appointment of bishops. Citing the Old...
- For Tucson, The Pope's "Tuesday Memo" – In Latest Border Run, Francis Looks to Kansas
  
  (Updated with debut video, etc.) Bringing the US' appointment docket back to life after the summer hiatus, at Roman Noon this Tuesday the Pope named Bishop Edward Weisenburger (left), 56 – the head...
- "The Dream Remains A Work In Progress" – At the Red Mass, American History, Latin Style
  
  By long tradition the most prominent preaching slot in American Catholicism, this Sunday before the first Monday in October brought a fresh twist of history to the Washington Red Mass: with the...
- "I Want To Repeat Clearly" – On Amoris, The Pope's "Dominic Option"
  
  Almost 18 months since the publication of Amoris Laetitia, a fresh round of skirmishes mounted over last weekend as a group of 62 clerics and lay scholars issued a 25-page "filial...
- For Oklahoma, and Beyond, A Blessed "Shepherd"
  
  (Updated 2pm ET with video, etc.) Out in the Plains, this Saturday morning brings a historic moment for the Stateside Church – the first major beatification to take place on American soil, and of the...

Catholic News Service
- Health care law: uncertain outcome after multiple diagnoses
  
  IMAGE: CNS photo/Mike Blake, Reuters By Carol Zimmermann WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The Affordable Care Act -- on the examination table since President Donald Trump came into office -- has been poked...
- Signs of the Spirit: App teaches blessings, how to pray in ASL
  
  IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- When Sister Kathleen Schipani found out she was usually the very first person to teach deaf children to pray, she decided there had to be...
- Good works are response to, not reason for God's forgiveness, pope says
  
  By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Christians are holy not because of their good works but because they recognize their sins before God and receive his forgiveness, Pope Francis said. In...
- Vetoed bill on reproductive health called 'massive overreach by NARAL'
  
  IMAGE: CNS photo/Mike Nelson, EPA By SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CNS) -- Religious freedom advocates and pro-life leaders praised California Gov. Jerry Brown for vetoing a bill called the Reproductive Health...
- Pope's pro-life challenge: Respect all life, oppose death penalty
  
  IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy Jenevieve Robbins, Texas Department of Criminal Justice handout via Reuters By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis' recent statement that the death penalty is...
- Pope: Common witness of faith can strengthen Catholics, Methodists
  
  IMAGE: CNS/L'Osservatore Romano By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Catholics and Methodists can strengthen each other through a shared witness of faith, especially through acts of love...
- Pope: If world insists on success, then make life more just, humane
  
  IMAGE: CNS/L'Osservatore Romano By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Do not fall for the allure of money, which can enslave and alienate like a cult, Pope Francis told business school students. "
National Catholic Register
- Metropolitan Hilarion: Europe Must Defend Christian Roots
  
  By Edward Pentin | BUDAPEST, Hungary — Metropolitan Hilarion, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church’s department for external affairs, believes Europe must defend its Christian roots and...
- One Month After the Storm, Puerto Rico Remains in Crisis
  
  By Sabrina Arena Ferrisi | There is something disconcerting about the official website for the Archdiocese of San Juan, the capital of Puerto Rico: As of Oct. 19, its last press releases are...
- Beware of the Cult of Santa Muerte
  
  By Kathleen Naab | “People are always looking for a new devotion as a way of acquiring something for themselves.” This is the reflection of Bishop Emeritus Michael Pfeifer of San Angelo, Texas,...
- Pope to Methodists: Reconciliation Needs Action
  
  By Hannah Brockhaus/CNA/EWTN News | VATICAN CITY — Marking 50 years of Catholic-Methodist dialogue, Pope Francis on Thursday told members of both traditions that when it comes to future...
- Judge: Government Must Facilitate Abortion for Undocumented Teenager
  
  By Adelaide Mena/CNA/EWTN News | WASHINGTON — In a controversial decision, a U.S. district judge ruled that the government must facilitate an abortion for an undocumented teenager under...
- Georgetown Pro-Marriage Group Faces Sanctions Following Student Complaints
  
  By CNA/EWTN News | WASHINGTON — A pro-marriage student group at Georgetown University is in danger of being defunded and barred from campus facilities, after fellow students have petitioned that it...
- Cardinal Castigates Catalan Over Nationalism, How Nazi Secularism Crushed Ordinary Germans and More!
  
  By Tito Edwards | Antonio Cardinal Cañizares Llovera to Catalan: Nationalism is an Act of ‘Sedition, Fraud, and Betrayal’ - Catholic News Service via Catholic Herald How Nazi Secularism...
Vatican News
- Pope promises to send special message to FAO meeting in Ethiopia
  
  (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis marked World Food Day this week with a visit to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) where he called on world leaders and policymakers to work for a concrete...
- World Methodist Council: dialogue must reach local level
  
  (Vatican Radio) Methodist and Catholic theologians are meeting just outside Rome this week, marking the 50th anniversary of the first ecumenical dialogue group following the Second Vatican Council...
- Pope meets students, staff of “Institution des Chartreux”‎
  
  (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Thursday urged students of a French Catholic School to watch out against the lure and slavery of money, and train themselves to be promoters and defenders of...
- Vatican hosts conference on Disability and Catechesis
  
  (Vatican Radio) A global conference will open in Rome on Friday looking at best practices to help people with disabilities fully engage in the life of the Church. The event entitled "Catechesis...
- Pope Francis marks 50 years of Methodist-Catholic dialogue
  
  (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis met with leaders of the World Methodist Council on Thursday, celebrating fifty years of dialogue between the two Churches. Noting that in the Old Testament, a golden...
- Pope Mass: The gift of God's salvation opens the door to all
  
  The Lord gives us the memory of God's salvation which is “a gift” and close to the concreteness of the works of mercy he wants us to do, whether they are "material or spiritual": so...