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 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 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 Film’s use of pope’s comments don’t reflect the whole story
Pope Francis greets the crowd during his general audience in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican Oct. 21, 2020. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Film’s use of pope’s comments don’t reflect the whole story

From CNS and staff reports Pope Francis leads his general audience in Paul VI hall at the Vatican Oct. 21, 2020. A new documentary about the pope gave many people…

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Read more about the article French bishops order ‘death knell’ after three killed in Nice basilica
Police stand near Notre Dame Basilica in Nice, France, Oct. 29, 2020, after at least three people were killed in a series of stabbings before Mass. France raised its alert level to maximum after the attack. (CNS photo/Eric Gaillard, pool via Reuters)

French bishops order ‘death knell’ after three killed in Nice basilica

Police stand near Notre Dame Basilica in Nice, France, Oct. 29, 2020, after at least three people were killed in a series of stabbings before Mass. France raised its alert…

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Read more about the article Polish bishops decry disruption of Masses over court’s abortion ruling; pope urges Poland to protect life
Demonstrators protest Oct. 25, 2020, in front of the Cathedral of Christ the King in Katowice, Poland, against the ruling by Poland's Constitutional Tribunal that imposes a near-total ban on abortion. (CNS photo/Anna Lewanska, Agencja Gazeta via Reuters)

Polish bishops decry disruption of Masses over court’s abortion ruling; pope urges Poland to protect life

Archbishop Stanislaw Gadecki, president of Poland’s bishop’s conference, appealed for dialogue "on how to protect the right to life and women's rights."

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Read more about the article Pope announces new cardinals, including U.S. Archbishop Gregory
Washington Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory -- who four hours earlier had learned Pope Francis had named him a cardinal -- celebrates his first Mass as a cardinal-designate Oct. 25, 2020, at Holy Angels Church in Avenue, Md. (CNS photo/Andrew Biraj, Catholic Standard)

Pope announces new cardinals, including U.S. Archbishop Gregory

Archbishop Gregory will be the first African American cardinal from the U.S. Other new cardinals are from Italy, Rwanda, the Philippines, Chile, and Brunei

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Read more about the article Pope has history of defending marriage, but being open to some civil unions
Pope Francis greets the crowd during his general audience in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican Oct. 21, 2020. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Pope has history of defending marriage, but being open to some civil unions

Pope Francis said in the documentary film, “Francesco,” that homosexual people “are children of God and have a right to a family.”

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Read more about the article Inspired by Gospel, Christians need to be active in society, pope says
Pope Francis delivers his blessing as he leads the Angelus from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Aug. 23, 2020. The pope prayed for people persecuted for their faith, remembered the victims of the 2010 San Fernando massacre in Mexico and prayed for the victims of COVID-19. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Inspired by Gospel, Christians need to be active in society, pope says

For World Mission Sunday, Pope Francis encouraged prayer for missionaries, catechists and “those who are persecuted or abducted in different parts of the world."

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