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A woman participates in a march of indigenous people through the streets of Atalaia do Norte in Brazil's Amazon region March 27, 2019. The Vatican was to release the working document for the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon June 17.

Married priests on synod agenda

VATICAN CITY -- An upcoming Synod of Bishops will study the feasibility of ordaining married men in the Amazon region to compensate for a shortage of priests.

Tourists walk around the tomb in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem's Old City, June 13, 2019. Following the successful cooperation on the 2016 restoration of the Edicule in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, the leaders of the Greek Orthodox, Catholics and Armenian Orthodox, who serve as guardians of the holy site, have signed an agreement to continue with restorations, this time on the pavement and foundations around the tomb.

Holy site preparing for more repair work

JERUSALEM -- Following the successful cooperation on the 2016 restoration of the Edicule in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, the leaders of the three churches who serve as guardians of the holy site have signed an agreement to continue with restorations, this time on the pavement and foundations around the tomb.

Corpus Christi celebrations in Rome in 2018.

God's Word on Sunday: Blessings flow through many channels

Body and Blood of Christ, June 23 (Year C) Genesis 14:18-20; Psalm 110; 1 Corinthians 11:23-26; Luke 9:11b-17

There is always more than meets the eye in the Scriptures and much that begs for elaboration and explanation. 

Pope Francis listens to a question from Romanian journalist Cristian Micaci aboard his flight from Sibiu, Romania, to Rome June 2.

Plane speaking: Behind the scenes of the Pope's in-flight press conferences

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis’ in-flight news conferences are arguably less newsy than when his pontificate began, mostly because he has been insisting the past few years that most of the questions refer to the trip that is concluding.

An oil field near Kirkuk, Iraq, is seen Oct. 17, 2017. Faced with a climate emergency, the world must act immediately to mitigate global warming and avoid committing "a brutal act of injustice" on the poor and future generations, Pope Francis told a group of energy and oil executives and global investors June 14 at the Vatican.

Pope Francis: Mitigate global warming, spare further injustice to poor

VATICAN CITY -- Faced with a climate emergency, the world must act immediately to mitigate global warming and avoid committing "a brutal act of injustice" on the poor and future generations, Pope Francis told a group of energy and oil executives and global investors.

Los Angeles Auxiliary Bishop Robert E. Barron speaks on the first day of the spring general assembly of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Baltimore June 11, 2019.

Bishops vote to revise U.S. catechism's capital punishment section

BALTIMORE -- The U.S. bishops voted June 13 to revise what the U.S. church teaches its adult members about the death penalty in a passage on the issue in the U.S. Catechism for Adults.

Pope Francis greets Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, during a meeting with nuncios from around the world at the Vatican June 13, 2019.

Pope Francis to nuncios: Be men of God, not luxury-seeking diplomats

VATICAN CITY -- Apostolic nuncios are called to be men of faith focused on proclaiming the Gospel and shunning the power and corruption that can come from the luxurious trappings of their diplomatic status, Pope Francis said.

Ivan Toro makes his promise of obedience to Bishop John O. Barres of Rockville Centre, N.Y., during his ordination to the permanent diaconate June 1, 2019, at St. Agnes Cathedral in Rockville Centre.

U.S. bishops approve update of texts of rites for clergy ordinations

BALTIMORE -- The U.S. bishops voted to update texts last changed in 2003 for the ordination of clergy.

In this 2016 file photo in the Vatican's Apostolic Palace, Pope Francis talks with Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, and Archbishop Giovanni Angelo Becciu, right, during a meeting with nuncios, who represent the pope around the world.

Nuncios' first mission is to love, says Vatican secretary of state

VATICAN CITY -- Whether the Catholic Church is operating in full freedom or under severe restrictions, no one can prevent its ministers and members from following the supreme law of Christ, which is to love others, said Cardinal Pietro Parolin.

Father Augustus Tolton, the first recognized U.S. diocesan priest of African descent, is pictured in an undated photo. Pope Francis advanced his sainthood June 11 by recognizing that he lived a life of heroic virtue. (CNS photo/courtesy of Archdiocese of Chicago Archives and Records Center)

Causes for sainthood advanced for U.S. priest and Spanish martyrs

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis advanced the sainthood cause of Father Augustus Tolton, who was the first African American diocesan priest in the United States and founder of the first black Catholic parish in Chicago.

Los Angeles Auxiliary Bishop Robert E. Barron speaks on the first day of the spring general assembly of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Baltimore June 11, 2019.

Bishops may revise U.S. catechism to update capital punishment stance

BALTIMORE -- During their June 11-13 meeting in Baltimore, the U.S. bishops are looking at what the U.S. church teaches its adult members about the death penalty and they will vote about adding a revised passage to the U.S. Catechism for Adults about this.

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