Dorian recovery work shows 'we are your brother's keeper,' says volunteer
IMAGE: CNS photo/Loren Elliott, Reuters By Tom Tracy MIAMI (CNS) -- As catastrophic as Hurricane Dorian was, the characteristic optimism of Bahamians will help soften the painful recovery to come...

Church must seek new paths in Amazon, synod secretaries say
IMAGE: CNS photo/Robert Duncan By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Synod of Bishops for the Amazon will help the Catholic Church make its presence felt and voice heard in a region that...

Cardinal Burke, Bishop Schneider Announce Crusade of Prayer and Fasting
By Edward Pentin | Cardinal Raymond Burke and Bishop Athanasius Schneider have issued an eight-page declaration warning against six “serious theological errors and heresies” they say are...

Vatican: German Synod Plans ‘Not Ecclesiologically Valid’
By Ed Condon/CNA | VATICAN CITY — In a letter sent to German bishops last week, the Vatican has said that plans for a binding Church synod in Germany are “not ecclesiologically valid.”  Plans...