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IMAGE: CNS photo/Junno Arocho Esteves By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Six bishops representing episcopal conferences on five continents issued a joint statement calling on the international community to take immediate action against climate change. Addressing world leaders who will be attending the COP24 Summit in Katowice, Poland, …

IMAGE: CNS photo/David Agren By David Agren HUIXTLA, Mexico (CNS) — Members of St. Francis of Assisi Parish in this southern Mexican city rose early Oct. 24 to feed but a fraction of the Central American migrants traveling in a caravan, which is trying to traverse Mexico and reach the …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Following the Francigena Way, an ancient pilgrims’ path, a group of about 300 synod participants and young people from Rome parishes headed to St. Peter’s Basilica to pray at the apostle’s tomb. The wayfaring cardinals, bishops, priests and young …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Jaclyn Lippelmann, Cat By WASHINGTON (CNS) — Pope Francis has removed Bishop Martin D. Holley of Memphis, Tennessee, from the pastoral governance of the diocese and has named as apostolic administrator Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville, Kentucky. Bishop Holley, 63, a former auxiliary bishop of Washington, was …

IMAGE: CNS By Rhina Guidos WASHINGTON (CNS) — Days after the Catholic Church declared Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero a saint, a judge in El Salvador issued a capture order for a former military captain suspected of killing the religious leader in 1980 as he celebrated Mass. Judge Rigoberto Chicas …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Every heart longs for unconditional love and fidelity, Pope Francis said. "Christ reveals authentic love," the pope said Oct. 24 during his weekly general audience. "He is the faithful friend who welcomes us even when we make mistakes and …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Terray Sylvester, Reuters By Tom Tracy MIAMI (CNS) — Yirca Salazar, a quality assurance specialist for Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Miami, was just a toddler when 1992’s Category-5 Hurricane Andrew left a trail of destruction south of Miami. But Salazar doesn’t remember much about that historic …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — With the launch of a new book, Pope Francis is calling for a new alliance — between young and old — to change the world. In an effort to counteract today’s "culture of waste" that too easily marginalizes or …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — While the clerical sexual abuse crisis did not dominate discussions at the Synod of Bishops, Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston said it was discussed, and everyone in the room clearly believed the crisis has to be dealt with. …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Ueslei Marcelino, Reuters By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Honduran Bishop Jose Antonio Canales of Danli said that, given what is going on in his country and throughout Central America, he had to walk in the "Share the Journey" campaign of Caritas Internationalis. The 1.5-mile walk Caritas …