Bishops of Europe: rediscover your roots, USCCB: don't redefine sex & gender, Brazilian saint canonization delays senate bill, Syria under attack, Haiti bishops call president to step down, and Brazil cardinal has died.

Amazon Synod discusses ordination of women deacons and married men as priests, no Irish reps will attend Newman canonization, Alberta March for Life in lawsuit with City of Edmonton over Light the Bridge, half a million marched against French bioethics bill, new bishop for Bismarck.

Pope Francis creates 13 new cardinals, Amazon Synod begins, Toronto saint in the making, Indiana bishops wants to end death penalty.

New Zealand Bishop resigns over complaint of sexual nature by woman, Buffalo Diocese and Bishop Richard Malone being investigated over handling of sexual abuse allegations, over 1700 laicized priests with sexual abuse accusations left unsupervised, Catholics celebrate 150th anniversary of Gandhi's birth, Pope Francis plants a tree, Bishop Emeritus Gérard Tremblay of Montreal passes away.

6 new beatifications approved, Botham Jean's brother shows act of Christian love in court to convicted murderer, Archdiocese of Toronto to livestream federal election debate tonight.

Vatican employees suspended after financial raid, Catholics and Protestants come together in Northern Ireland over new legislations, Bishops of Burundi release message for Extraordinary Missionary Month, Indigenous cathedral to be built in Amazon, Winnipeg archbishop new head of CCCB, Bishops John Snyder & Bishop John Kinney have died, Des Moine ordains native to diocese, Maltese bishop new head of Synod of Bishops.

Extraordinary Missionary Month begins, first Tikuna priest to be ordained, China bans under 18 from churches, UN Vatican representative named nuncio to Spain, Fr. James Martin meets Pope Francis.

Victoria and Tazmainia latest states to pass confession legislation, NSW has decriminalized abortion, 19 countries at UN General Assembly have stated there's no international right to abortion, Vatican has urged UNGA to protect rainforests, Bahrain praises Christians at UNGA, Cardinal William Levada has died.

Nova Scotia hospital does not need to perform MAiD, UAE recognizes 17 churches, China orders churches to celebrate PRC's 70th anniversary, 200 incidents of Christian violence in India this year, Manila bishop calls people to get vaccinated, film by Amazon shows horror of Chinese state abortions, Trump urged UN leaders to end religious persecution.

Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School non-Catholic status temporarily lifted, themes emerging from CCCB plenary meeting, French bishops urge citizens to oppose legislation on medically-assisted procreation, Vatican Observatory searches for life beyond, and a Falklands War statue has been returned.