Read more about the article Church in Trinidad advocates planting crops to boost food security
Sustainable food advocate, Charlene Woo Ling, harvests okras planted among other edibles and ornamentals of varying heights and functions in front of the main entrance of Archbishop's House Oct. 30, 3030, in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. (CNS photo/CNS photo/Laura Ann Phillips)

Church in Trinidad advocates planting crops to boost food security

Faith and civic leaders have urged citizens to grow more of their own food to rely less on unsustainable and costly food imports.

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Read more about the article USCCB president calls for unity after Biden is projected as election winner
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden joins vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris onstage at a rally in Wilmington, Del., Nov. 7, 2020, after news media declared they had won the presidential election.(CNS photo/Jim Bourg, Reuters)

USCCB president calls for unity after Biden is projected as election winner

Biden follows JFK as the second Catholic ever elected president

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Read more about the article Vatican report on investigation into ex-Cardinal McCarrick to be released Nov. 10
Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore welcomes pro-lifers in Annapolis, Md., March 4, 2019, during his opening prayer for the Maryland March for Life. (CNS photo/Kevin J. Parks, Catholic Review) See MARYLAND-MARCH-LIFE March 11, 2019.

Vatican report on investigation into ex-Cardinal McCarrick to be released Nov. 10

McCarrick was dismissed by the Vatican from the clerical state in February 2019 following an investigation of accusations of abusing both children and seminarians.

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Read more about the article Exonerated death-row inmate gives students close look at capital punishment
Alfred Dewayne Brown is seen the poster "The Innocence Files" streaming on Netflix. He was part of an Oct. 25, 2020, Zoom panel at the Ignatian Family Teach-in for Justice, an annual event for students from Jesuit high schools, colleges and parishes around the country. (CNS photo/Netflix)

Exonerated death-row inmate gives students close look at capital punishment

In 2015 Alfred Dewayne Brown became the 154th person exonerated from death row. Tennessee has had three exonerations since 1973.

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Read more about the article Vatican shuts down museums as COVID-19 cases, deaths mount in Italy
A woman wearing a protective face mask takes a picture as she visits the Vatican Museums June 1, 2020. The Vatican has announced that museums and necropolis tours will be closed to the public from Nov. 5-Dec. 3 as Italy faces increased COVID-19 cases and restrictions. (CNS photo/Guglielmo Mangiapane, Reuters)

Vatican shuts down museums as COVID-19 cases, deaths mount in Italy

The Italian government also began new restrictions; pope’s general audiences now closed to public and will be livestreamed

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Read more about the article Across the U.S., voters cast ballots on issues including abortion and marijuana
A boy waits for his mom to vote during the presidential election at Ida B. Wells Middle School in Washington Nov. 3, 2020. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)

Across the U.S., voters cast ballots on issues including abortion and marijuana

Abortion-related measures were among 120 proposed state laws and constitutional amendments on the ballot in 32 states.

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Read more about the article Pope, Austrian church leaders urge end to hatred after Vienna attacks
Armed police officers walk at the site of wreath-laying ceremony in Vienna Nov. 3, 2020, following a deadly shooting spree the previous day. (CNS photo/Leonhard Foeger, Reuters)

Pope, Austrian church leaders urge end to hatred after Vienna attacks

Pope Francis, Austrian church and civil leaders expressed sorrow after a terrorist attack that left at least five dead in central Vienna

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Read more about the article Blessed McGivney: Model parish priest with ‘zeal’ for Gospel, for serving faithful
Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin of Newark, N.J., accepts a relic from Michael "Mikey" McGivney Schachle, during the Oct. 31, 2020, beatification Mass of Blessed Michael McGivney, founder of the Knights of Columbus, at the Cathedral of St. Joseph in Hartford, Conn. (CNS photo/courtesy Knights of Columbus)

Blessed McGivney: Model parish priest with ‘zeal’ for Gospel, for serving faithful

The miracle that led to beatification of Knights of Columbus founder was the cure of a Dickson, Tennessee, boy

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