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Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, speaks from the Vatican in a video message to the U.N. General Assembly's High-Level Summit Sept. 21. Marking the 75th anniversary of the United Nations, Cardinal Parolin called on the United Nations to renew its commitment to the ideals upon which it was founded. (CNS Screenshot/YouTube)

U.N. must recommit to serving the common good, Cardinal Parolin says

Pope Francis will address the UN in a video message on Sept. 25

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Read more about the article Church becomes sick when not proclaiming Gospel, pope says
Pope Francis waves as he leads the Angelus from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Sept. 20, 2020. Commenting on the day's Gospel reading, the pope warned that if the church fails to go out and proclaim the Gospel to those who are lost or forgotten, it risks falling ill to the evil that is committed by its own members. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Church becomes sick when not proclaiming Gospel, pope says

The Church must ‘offer everyone the word of salvation that Jesus came to bring,’ Pope Francis said.

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Read more about the article Two Catholic women judges top short list as possible Supreme Court nominees
Amy Coney Barrett is pictured in this undated photo. She is a judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, and a law professor at the University of Notre Dame. A Catholic, she is on President Donald Trump's list of of potential nominees to fill the U.S. Supreme Court seat left vacant by the Sept. 18, 2020, death of Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. (CNS photo/Matt Cashore, University of Notre Dame via Reuters)

Two Catholic women judges top short list as possible Supreme Court nominees

President is expected to announce his nominee quickly

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Read more about the article Cologne cardinal warns German church’s Synodal Path could cause schism
German Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki of Cologne, pictured in a file photo, has praised small-group discussions in the Synodal Path process but warns some plans could lead to a "German national church." (CNS photo/Harald Oppitz, KNA)

Cologne cardinal warns German church’s Synodal Path could cause schism

Cologne Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki warned that the Synodal Path reform project could lead to a "German national church."

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Read more about the article In some places, Catholics’ right to worship ‘unjustly repressed’ by government, says San Francisco archbishop
Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone of San Francisco is seen with other bishops in the crypt of St. Peter's Basilica Jan. 27, 2020, during their "ad limina" visit to the Vatican. (CNS photo/Stefano Dal Pozzolo)

In some places, Catholics’ right to worship ‘unjustly repressed’ by government, says San Francisco archbishop

Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone of San Francisco is seen with other bishops in the crypt of St. Peter's Basilica Jan. 27, 2020, during their "ad limina" visit to the Vatican.…

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Read more about the article Ladies of Charity shares food donations with Loaves and Fishes
The Ladies of Charity's Emergency Assistance Department has been donating 20 food boxes every other week to Loaves and Fishes for distribution to those in need. The donation is in addition to the food boxes the Emergency Assistance Department distributes to its own clients. Barry McCord, welfare coordinator for the Ladies of Charity, looks over some of the boxes that have been prepared for Loaves and Fishes.

Ladies of Charity shares food donations with Loaves and Fishes

The Ladies of Charity is partnering with Catholic Charities of Tennessee’s Loaves and Fishes program to distribute boxes of food to those in need.

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