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- Nuns say women’s empowerment happens on frontlines, not a ladder
  
  Several nuns serving women and girls in conflict areas have said that in their view, while seeking greater recognition and leadership in the Catholic Church is important, women’s empowerment is more...
- Pope criticizes cruelty of world marked by hunger, obesity, food waste
  
  Resolving the global crises of world hunger and malnutrition demands a shift away from a distorted approach to food and toward healthier lifestyles and just economic practices, Pope Francis said.
- Pope: Evangelization must help, not hinder, people getting closer to God
  
  God wants everyone to be saved, which is why those who evangelize must avoid letting their prejudices get in the way of God’s plan, Pope Francis said.
Catholic News Service
- Development proposals at synod raise questions about indigenous rights
  
  IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Barbara J. Fraser VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Proposals for Amazonian development made by well-known observers at the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon could conflict with the...
- Couple says adoption is a blessing, gift and 'roller coaster of emotions'
  
  IMAGE: CNS photo/Sam Lucero, The Compass By Benjamin Wideman KIEL, Wis. (CNS) -- After David and Maria Schuette got married in 2015, they wanted a family right away but months later they found out...
- North American indigenous support Amazonian indigenous at synod
  
  IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden ROME (CNS) -- As the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon heard pleas to defend the rights of the region's indigenous people and of the land they hold sacred...
National Catholic Register
- Gal Gadot of ‘Wonder Woman’ to Portray Catholic Woman Who Saved Jewish Children in WWII
  
  By Catholic News Agency | LOS ANGELES — The true story of Irena Sendler, a Polish Catholic woman who helped smuggle thousands of Jewish children out of the Jewish ghetto in Warsaw during World War...
- ‘No One Ever Talked About McCarrick and the Boys’
  
  By Catholic News Agency | WASHINGTON — A man claiming to be a former child victim of Theodore McCarrick has written an open essay in response to a recent interview given by the former cardinal...
- Tulsi Gabbard Exposes Democrats’ Growing Disconnect With Americans on Abortion
  
  By Lauretta Brown | Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) is one of the only Democrats running for president in 2020 who has conceded that there should be any restrictions on abortion in the third trimester. On...