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News/International

Jeopardy host Alex Trebek and his wife, Jean, pose after receiving Fordham University’s Founders’ Award at a Jan. 7 reception in Los Angeles.

Trebek counts on ‘power of prayer’

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LOS ANGELES -- From his childhood days in Sudbury, Ont., through to his battle with cancer, Alex Trebek has believed in the power of prayer.

Sts. Maximilian Kolbe and Edith Stein are pictured in a combination photo. The two saints are extensively documented in a new study of religious practices among Christian prisoners at Auschwitz-Birkenau, as the 75th anniversary of the Nazi-run death camp's liberation was marked in Israel and Poland.

New research details Catholic inmates at Auschwitz

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WARSAW, Poland -- A Polish researcher has published the first study of religious practices among Christian prisoners at Auschwitz-Birkenau, as the 75th anniversary of the Nazi-run death camp's liberation was marked in Israel and Poland.

People walk past the closed Hankou Railway Station after the city was locked down following the outbreak of a new coronavirus in Wuhan, China, Jan. 23, 2020. Some churches in China have suspended community activities, including Mass, over fears of the deadly virus.

Some Chinese churches suspend activities because of coronavirus

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HONG KONG -- Some churches in China have suspended community activities, including Mass, over fears of the deadly coronavirus virus that has already killed six people and continues to spread, reported ucanews.org.

An Israeli border policeman scuffles with a Palestinian man during a protest near Ramallah, West Bank.

Israeli-Palestinian peace slipping away

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Calling Gaza “an open air prison,” the president of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops and bishops from Europe and the United States are warning that peace between Palestine and Israel is slipping away.

People displaced by the eruption of the Taal volcano attend Mass at an evacuation center in Tagaytay City, Philippines, Jan. 19, 2020. A Catholic priest has appealed for more and better shelters for victims of the volcanic eruption after criticizing a local government response.

More shelters needed for volcano evacuees in Philippines, priest says

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MANILA, Philippines -- A Catholic priest has appealed for more and better shelters for victims of a volcanic eruption in the Philippines after criticizing a local government response.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is seen in Washington March 18, 2012. The USDA is one of several federal agencies that will be affected by proposed rules announced Jan. 16, 2020, by President Donald Trump to ensure faith-based service providers and organizations are not discriminated against in agency regulations or their grant-making process because of religion.

Bishops welcome Trump's proposed guidelines on public prayer

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WASHINGTON -- The chairmen of the U.S. bishops' religious liberty and Catholic education committees Jan. 20 praised the Trump administration for issuing guidance on prayer in public schools.

Father Marcial Maciel Degollado, founder of the Legionaries of Christ, is pictured in an undated handout image provided by the order in 2009.

Legionaries to investigate abuse uncovered by report

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VATICAN CITY -- The Legionaries of Christ vowed to cooperate with an investigation after a report stated that the congregation failed to address sexual abuse and cover-ups at one of its prestigious schools in Mexico.

Catholic groups condemn reconstruction failure 10 years after Haiti's killer quake

Catholic groups condemn reconstruction failure 10 years after Haiti's killer quake

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Catholic organizations and their allies in Haitian civil society are condemning their own government and the international community on the 10th anniversary of the 2010 earthquake that left the country in ruins. 

A cross is displayed during a meeting of the Central Committee of German Catholics in Bonn Nov. 22, 2019. Catholic leaders in Germany have compiled responses from lay Catholics in areas related to who holds power in the church, sexual morals, the role of priests and the place of women in church offices in preparation for an upcoming synodal assembly to debate church reforms.

Germany's synodal assembly a step to rebuilding church's credibility

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FRANKFURT, Germany -- Catholic leaders in Germany have compiled responses from lay Catholics in areas related to who holds power in the church, sexual morals, the role of priests and the place of women in church offices in preparation for an upcoming synodal assembly to debate church reforms.

Capuchin Franciscan Br. Andrew Corriente prepares a buttercream icing in the kitchen at his friary in Washington. The 31-year-old third-year seminarian was the winner of the fifth season of ABC’s The Great American Baking Show: Holiday Edition.

Brother’s heavenly baking is TV’s best

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WASHINGTON -- The oven timer dings, alerting Capuchin Franciscan Br. Andrew Corriente the chocolate layer cake he is baking needs to be checked.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez gestures at a news conference after the first Cabinet meeting at Moncloa Palace in Madrid Jan. 14, 2020.

Marxist communism reborn in Spain, cardinal says

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VALENCIA, Spain -- A Spanish cardinal warned Catholics that their country is on the verge of a communist revival.

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