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Change the world, don’t just gripe about it, pope tells young people
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 …
Update: Help the poor, protect the environment, pope says in Madagascar
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 …
Update: Catholic organizations in Florida marshaling aid for Dorian victims
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 …
Bahamian Catholic school administrator describes current desperation
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 …
Update: Pope leaves Mozambique urging reconciliation, care for one another
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 …
Death toll in Bahamas likely higher than reported, local resident says
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 …
Update: Bishop Malone will not resign, calls recent case ‘convoluted’
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 …
Update: Pope in Mozambique talks peace, politics and young people’s dreams
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 …
‘You have to have faith,’ Bahamian resident says of Dorian recovery
IMAGE: CNS photo/Adam Stanton, U.S. Coast Guard, via Reuters By Carol Zimmermann WASHINGTON (CNS) — Cathy Nottage, a resident of Elbow Cay — an 8-mile-long stretch in the Abaco Islands of the Bahamas — has had to take a lot of things by faith in the days since Hurricane Dorian …
President, dancers, crowds welcome Pope Francis to Mozambique
IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden MAPUTO, Mozambique (CNS) — Greeted with full military honors, traditional dances and huge crowds lining the streets, Pope Francis arrived in Mozambique Sept. 4 at the start of a weeklong trip to Africa. Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi and two children offering flowers welcomed …