Read more about the article Report abuse learned in confession or go to jail, says Australian state
A young woman is pictured in a file photo during confession. New laws passed by Queensland Parliament in Australia Sept. 8, 2020, mean religious institutions and their members are no longer able to use the seal of the confessional as a defense or excuse in child sex abuse matters. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)

Report abuse learned in confession or go to jail, says Australian state

A young woman is pictured in a file photo during confession. New laws passed by Queensland Parliament in Australia Sept. 8, 2020, mean religious institutions and their members are no…

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Read more about the article New book recounts pope’s vision for integral ecology
This is the cover of the book, "TerraFutura (Future Earth): Conversations with Pope Francis on Integral Ecology," by environmental activist Carlo Petrini. The book features three conversations between Petrini and the pope from 2018-2020 on several important issues and events, including integral ecology, the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon and the coronavirus pandemic. (CNS photo/Junno Arocho Esteves)

New book recounts pope’s vision for integral ecology

This is the cover of the book, "TerraFutura (Future Earth): Conversations with Pope Francis on Integral Ecology," by environmental activist Carlo Petrini. The book features three conversations between Petrini and…

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Read more about the article Science, religion not opposing sides in humanity’s progress, cardinal says
Stefano Fantoni, a well known physicist and nuclear astrophysicist, poses with Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, Sept. 2, 2020, at the EuroScience Open Forum in Trieste, Italy. (CNS photo/Schirra/Giraldi, courtesy ESOF 2020)

Science, religion not opposing sides in humanity’s progress, cardinal says

Stefano Fantoni, a well known physicist and nuclear astrophysicist, poses with Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, Sept. 2, 2020, at the EuroScience Open Forum in Trieste, Italy. CNS…

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Read more about the article Solidarity is the antidote to selfishness, exploitation, pope says
Pope Francis tries on a zucchetto as he arrives to lead his general audience in the San Damaso courtyard at the Vatican Sept. 2, 2020. It was the pope's first public audience with pilgrims in six months. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Solidarity is the antidote to selfishness, exploitation, pope says

“The current pandemic has highlighted our interdependence: we are all linked to each other for better or for worse,” said Pope Francis.

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Read more about the article Continuity in particularity: Cardinal looks at Pope Francis, Benedict XVI
Pope Francis visits his predecessor, retired Pope Benedict XVI, at the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery at the Vatican in this Dec. 21, 2018, file photo. Pope Benedict celebrated his 93rd birthday April 16, 2020. (CNS photo/Vatican Media) See BENEDICT-93 April 16, 2020.

Continuity in particularity: Cardinal looks at Pope Francis, Benedict XVI

Between Pope Francis and retired Pope Benedict XVI, there is “continuity of magisterium and particularity in pastoral style.”

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Read more about the article ‘Traumatic way to say goodbye’: roadside funerals in Colombia
Permanent Deacon Mauricio Castiblanco leads prayers during a funeral ceremony outside the Apogee Cemetery in Bogota, Colombia, Aug. 22, 2020. The deceased was a suspected COVID-19 victim, and his family was not allowed to go into the cemetery. (CNS photo/Manuel Rueda)

‘Traumatic way to say goodbye’: roadside funerals in Colombia

To make the funerals of coronavirus victims more humane, Colombian deacons work with a funeral company to conduct services outside cemeteries.

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Read more about the article Pope to take his post-pandemic pleas to global stage
Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, distributes Communion during a Mass for the French National Pilgrimage on the feast of the Assumption at the Marian sanctuary in Lourdes, France, Aug. 15, 2020. In an interview, Cardinal Parolin said putting a priority on the human person is needed for economic recovery from the coronavirus. (CNS photo/Laurent Ferriere, Reuters)

Pope to take his post-pandemic pleas to global stage

Coronavirus crisis can be opportunity to rethink economic, political and environmental policies in a way that will benefit humanity and the earth.

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Read more about the article Vatican, WCC call for interreligious acts of charity, solidarity
Leaders of different faiths are pictured in a file photo listening during the opening ceremony of the "King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz International Centre for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue" in Vienna. (CNS photo/Leonhard Foeger, Reuters)

Vatican, WCC call for interreligious acts of charity, solidarity

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In "Serving a Wounded World in Interreligious Solidarity," the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue and the World Council of Churches call on Christians to serve all people who are suffering…

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Read more about the article Coronavirus and creation: Bringing lessons learned into prayer, action
Dried sunflowers are seen in a field Aug. 13, 2020, during a drought in Couteuges, France. (CNS photo/Pascal Rossignol, Reuters)

Coronavirus and creation: Bringing lessons learned into prayer, action

Dried sunflowers are seen in a field Aug. 13, 2020, during a drought in Couteuges, France. CNS photo/Pascal Rossignol, Reuters VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- During the height of the COVID-19…

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Read more about the article WHO leader supports pope’s call for fair, global access to vaccine
A woman holds a small bottle labeled with a "Vaccine COVID-19" sticker and a medical syringe in this photo illustration. (CNS Illustration/Dado Ruvic, Reuters)

WHO leader supports pope’s call for fair, global access to vaccine

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization, is pictured in an undated photo. His organization, which has been strongly advocating rapid, fair and equitable access to potential COVID-19…

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