Read more about the article Life of faith involves both prayer, serving Christ in the poor, pope says
People in need stand in line for food distribution from farmers in Buenos Aires, Argentina, May 14, 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Catholic Church will mark the World Day of the Poor Nov. 15. (CNS photo/Alejandro Amdan, Latin America News Agency via Reuters) See POPE-MESSAGE-POOR to come.

Life of faith involves both prayer, serving Christ in the poor, pope says

People in need stand in line for food distribution from farmers in Buenos Aires, Argentina, May 14, 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Catholic Church will mark the World Day…

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Read more about the article Young Italian tech whiz to be beatified in October
Carlo Acutis, an Italian teenager who used his computer programming skills to spread devotion to the Eucharist, will be beatified Oct. 10, 2020, the Diocese of Assisi announced. Acutis is pictured in an undated photo. (CNS photo/courtesy Sainthood Cause of Carlo Acutis) See ACUTIS-BEATIFICATION-OCTOBER June 15, 2020.

Young Italian tech whiz to be beatified in October

Carlo Acutis, an Italian teenager who used his computer programming skills to spread devotion to the Eucharist, will be beatified Oct. 10, 2020, the Diocese of Assisi announced. Acutis is…

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Read more about the article Death cannot keep people from God, says bishop recovering from COVID-19
Bishop Derio Olivero of Pinerolo, Italy, gives a homily June 14, 2020, at an outdoor Mass he celebrated to thank the doctors and nurses who cared for him during the 47 days he was hospitalized with COVID-19. After being intubated 17 days and almost dying of the coronavirus, he said the thing that really takes his breath away is how much God loves and cares for each person. (CNS photo/Lino Gandolfo, Vita Diocesana Pinerolese) See COVID-ITALY-BISHOP June 16, 2020.

Death cannot keep people from God, says bishop recovering from COVID-19

Bishop Derio Olivero of Pinerolo, Italy, gives a homily June 14, 2020, at an outdoor Mass he celebrated to thank the doctors and nurses who cared for him during the…

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Read more about the article Religious freedom commission: U.S. cannot ignore northeast Syria
A file photo shows displaced Syrian women and children who fled from Idlib province gathering around a fire in Afrin. (CNS photo/Khalil Ashawi, Reuters) See RELIGIOUS-FREEDOM-NORTHEAST-SYRIA June 11, 2020.

Religious freedom commission: U.S. cannot ignore northeast Syria

AMMAN, Jordan (CNS) -- The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom has urged Washington to take concrete actions to safeguard religious freedoms established in northeast Syria, an area imperiled…

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Read more about the article Sao Paulo church launches campaign to keep people home during pandemic
An employee checks the temperature of a woman before she enters a shop in Sao Paulo June 10, 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic. (CNS photo/Amanda Perobelli, Reuters) See COVID-POPE-BRAZIL and COVID-SAO-PAULO-CAMPAIGN June 11, 2020.

Sao Paulo church launches campaign to keep people home during pandemic

An employee checks the temperature of a woman before she enters a shop in Sao Paulo June 10, 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic. CNS photo/Amanda Perobelli, Reuters SAO PAULO (CNS)…

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Read more about the article Congo’s new Ebola outbreak adds strain as agencies respond to COVID-19
Teachers take part in a training program in Goma, Congo, June 5, 2020, for the preventive measures to avoid the spread of COVID-19. As Congo battles the pandemic, a new Ebola outbreak has resurfaced in the northwest, as authorities prepared to declare the end of the main Ebola epidemic in three eastern provinces. (CNS photo/Carolina Meroni, courtesy AVSI) See CONGO-EBOLA-STRAIN June 11, 2020.

Congo’s new Ebola outbreak adds strain as agencies respond to COVID-19

Teachers take part in a training program in Goma, Congo, June 5, 2020, for the preventive measures to avoid the spread of COVID-19. As Congo battles the pandemic, a new…

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Read more about the article Longing and caution: Not everyone in Italy is ready to return to Mass
Father Davide Carbonaro, pastor of the Rome's Santa Maria in Campitelli parish, distributes Communion to a religious sister May 18, 2020, the first day Masses with a congregation were allowed after the COVID-19 lockdown. Father Carbonaro told Catholic News Service he had been longing to celebrate with a congregation again, because "a pastor without his parishioners -- obviously, something essential is missing." (CNS photo/Stefano Dal Pozzolo) See VATICAN-LETTER-ITALY-MASSES June 10, 2020.

Longing and caution: Not everyone in Italy is ready to return to Mass

Father Davide Carbonaro, pastor of the Rome's Santa Maria in Campitelli parish, distributes Communion to a religious sister May 18, 2020, the first day Masses with a congregation were allowed…

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Read more about the article Prayer is a ‘fight’ with God, pope says at audience
Pope Francis leads his weekly general audience from the library of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican June 10, 2020. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the audience is being livestreamed without the presence of pilgrims and tourists. (CNS photo/Vatican Media) See POPE-AUDIENCE-PRAYER-FIGHT of June 10, 2020.

Prayer is a ‘fight’ with God, pope says at audience

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- True prayer is a "fight" with God in which those who think they are strong are humbled and faced with the reality of their own mortal…

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Read more about the article Pope creates fund for workers in Rome struggling in wake of pandemic
A woman speaks on the phone in front of a shuttered tourist agency in Rome's famous Piazza Navona June 1, 2020. Pope Francis has created a fund to help those left struggling economically in Rome in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. (CNS photo/Cindy Wooden) See POPE-WORKERS-FUND June 9, 2020.

Pope creates fund for workers in Rome struggling in wake of pandemic

A woman speaks on the phone in front of a shuttered tourist agency in Rome's famous Piazza Navona June 1, 2020. Pope Francis has created a fund to help those…

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Read more about the article Tanzanian Catholic diocese works to protect girls from abuse
Young women are seen in the garden at the Jipe Moyo center in Musoma, Tanzania. Jipe Moyo, a program of the Musoma Diocese, cares for children who have been living on the street or have been abused. (CNS photo/CNS photo/Sean Sprague, courtesy Maryknoll) See TANZANIA-GENDER-VIOLENCE to come.

Tanzanian Catholic diocese works to protect girls from abuse

Young women are seen in the garden at the Jipe Moyo center in Musoma, Tanzania. Jipe Moyo, a program of the Musoma Diocese, cares for children who have been living…

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