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Fires burning in the Amazon rainforest are pictured from space by the geostationary weather satellite GOES-16 Aug. 21, 2019. Leaders of the Latin American bishops' council urged international action Aug. 22 to save the rainforest as massive fires continued to burn.

Pope Francis joins bishops urging action to save burning Amazon rainforest

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VATICAN CITY -- Describing the Amazon rainforest as "vital for our planet," Pope Francis joined the regions bishops in praying for action to extinguish the massive fires burning there.

Catholics … through Evangelical eyes

Catholics … through Evangelical eyes

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OTTAWA -- Evangelicals may disagree with many aspects of Roman Catholic theology, but many find a history and tradition which dates back to the Apostles very appealing, said a document published at the end of June by the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada.

Xavier Missionary Fathers Ottorino Maule and Aldo Marchiol are pictured in a composite photo with lay volunteer Catina Gubert. An investigation into the sainthood cause of the three missionary martyrs killed in Burundi opened June 21, 2019.

Investigation begun into sainthood cause for Burundi martyrs

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NAIROBI, Kenya -- The grisly murders of missionary priests and a local priest, a lay volunteer and 40 seminarians in Burundi are the focus of a recently opened investigation into their sainthood cause.

Pope Francis speaks at the second World Meeting of Popular Movements in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, July 9, 2015. Popular movements can spark the change needed to ensure a future that is no longer in the hands of elites and powerful people, but includes the poor, Pope Francis has written in the preface for a book to be published in September.

Pope Francis praises work of popular movements for social change

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VATICAN CITY -- Popular movements can spark the change needed to ensure a future that is no longer in the hands of elites and powerful people, but includes the poor who have the inalienable right to a life of dignity, Pope Francis said.

Shelly Pennefather, who later became Sr. Rose Marie, a member of the Poor Clare order, is seen during her time as a member of the women’s basketball team at Villanova University in Pennsylvania. She celebrated her 25th jubilee at the Poor Clare convent in Alexandria, Va., in June.

Sister traded hoops for a life of prayer

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ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- The last time Poor Clare Sister Rose Marie of the Queen of Angels hugged her mom or other family members was in 1994 when she made her solemn profession of vows to her religious order.

Pope Francis leads Benediction at the end of the Corpus Christi procession through the Casal Bertone neighborhood in Rome June 23, 2019.

Pew survey shows majority of Catholics don't believe in 'Real Presence'

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WASHINGTON -- A new study about the level of Catholic belief in the real presence of Jesus in the Eucharist showed that a majority of Catholics do not believe that the bread and wine used at Mass become the body and blood of Christ.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe carries a wreath for the victims of the 1945 atomic bombing at Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, Japan, Aug. 6, 2019. The cermony marked the 74th anniversary of the bombing.

Japan's bishops renew hope for nuclear-free world

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VATICAN CITY -- With the anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, the bishops of Japan are renewing calls and prayers to build peace by abolishing nuclear weapons worldwide and promoting integral human development.

Fr. Edward Flanagan talks with a group of boys in this undated photo.

Boys Town founder steps toward sainthood

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OMAHA, Neb. -- The sainthood cause of Fr. Edward J. Flanagan — the founder of Boys Town — took a step forward July 22 with the presentation of the “positio” to the Vatican Congregation for Saints’ Causes, along with a letter of support from Omaha Archbishop George J. Lucas.

Pope Francis.

Pope Francis encourages priests to be faithful despite abuse crisis

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VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis acknowledged the shame and frustration felt by priests who are discouraged by the actions of fellow clergy members who betrayed the trust of their flock through sexual abuse and abuse of conscience and power.

Mourners take part in a vigil near the border fence between Mexico and the U.S. after a mass shooting at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, Aug. 3, 2019. The Catholic dioceses of El Paso, and neighboring Las Cruces, New Mexico, have joined in prayer after the shooting left several dead and many injured.

Pope Francis joins prayers for victims of bloody weekend in U.S.

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WASHINGTON -- Pope Francis joined Catholic Church leaders expressing sorrow after back-to-back mass shootings in the United States left at least 31 dead and dozens injured in Texas and Ohio Aug. 3 and 4.

In 2017, Pope Francis announced that he would broaden the Pontifical John Paul II Institute's focus, which would require new statutes that were approved and publicly released earlier this month.

JPII Institute VP says school's identity is 'seriously threatened'

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VATICAN CITY (CNA) - The vice-president of the Pontifical John Paul II Institute in Rome said that changes to the school’s governing structure and academic program are a serious threat to its identity, and to the important pastoral ministry it supports.

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