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 … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

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, … Continue reading →

IMAGE: CNS photo/Giovanni Portelli, courtesy Right To Life NSW By Catherine Sheehan SYDNEY (CNS) — Thousands of pro-life supporters demonstrated in the streets of Sydney, expressing their opposition to a bill in the New South Wales state parliament that would … Continue reading →

IMAGE: CNS photo/Cori Fugere Urban, Vermont Catholic magazine By Cori Fugere Urban BURLINGTON, Vt. (CNS) — The Veterans of Foreign Wars hall in Burlington was quiet on a steamy summer day except for the sound of a fan and occasional … Continue reading →

IMAGE: CNS photo/ By Peter Finney Jr. NEW ORLEANS (CNS) — In topographically challenged New Orleans, where “running water” can be a pejorative depending on whether it is flowing inside or outside the house, a long-promised, 25-acre stormwater management and … Continue reading →

IMAGE: CNS photo/Mark Dadswell, Reuters By MELBOURNE, Australia (CNS) — An Australian appeals court upheld the conviction of Cardinal George Pell on five counts of sexually assaulting two choirboys more than two decades ago. A three-judge panel of the Appeals … Continue reading →

IMAGE: CNS photo/Katie Rutter By Katie Rutter CAREY, Ohio (CNS) — With its one stoplight and surrounding cornfields, the small Ohio village of Carey seems an unlikely travel destination. Yet, once a year, an estimated 5,000 visitors swell the town … Continue reading →

IMAGE: CNS photos/courtesy Xaverian Missionaries By Francis Njuguna NAIROBI, Kenya (CNS) — The grisly murders of missionary priests and a local priest, a lay volunteer and 40 seminarians in Burundi are the focus of a recently opened investigation into their … Continue reading →

IMAGE: CNS photo/Global Sisters Report, courtesy of Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley By Soli Salgado and Dan Stockman SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (CNS) — “Holy chaos” is how Sister Norma Pimentel describes her ministry. As the executive director of Catholic … Continue reading →