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News/International

A Venezuelan migrant brushes his teeth outside his tent at a makeshift camp Nov. 26 in Bogota, Colombia. The United Nations estimates there are more than 258 million migrants around the world living outside their country of birth.

With migration, cooperation is better than isolationism, Cardinal Parolin says

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VATICAN – The Vatican praised the adoption by more than 160 nations of a key agreement on global migration, saying today's migration challenges are better tackled together than with "isolationist" stances.
The U.S. Supreme Court is seen in Washington Dec. 3.

U.S. Supreme Court wont hear appeals over defunding Planned Parenthood, pro-life leaders upset

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WASHINGTON – Pro-life leaders said they were disappointed the U.S. Supreme Court declined Dec. 10 to hear appeals from Kansas and Louisiana on lower court rulings that have stopped the states from blocking Medicaid funds going to Planned Parenthood.
A woman watches an exhibition inside the venue of the U.N. climate change conference, or COP24, Dec. 8 in Katowice, Poland.

Catholics push for strong climate deal at U.N. summit in Poland

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Catholic representatives worked to keep negotiations on track for a comprehensive deal to address global warming as the U.N. climate change conference entered its second and final week in Katowice, Poland.
Inhabitants of Western Sahara territory south of Morocco plea for an end to Canadian mining operations in the disputed territory.

Sisters of Mercy help push Canadian mining giant to abandon operations 

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After years of lobbying by a small community of Catholic sisters from eastern Canada, the world’s largest producer of potash is abandoning mining operations in territory south of Morocco.

A girl looks out from a makeshift tent Sept. 17 at a camp for refugees and migrants on the island of Lesbos, Greece.

New U.N. compact on migrants, stateless people an alternative to fear

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A new international agreement that covers all dimensions of international migration that will be signed in Morocco, Dec. 10-11 represents the alternative to fear, says Canadian Jesuit Fr. Michael Czerny.

Pope Francis greets a child as he visits poor, sick people at a center run by the CasAmica Onlus organization on the outskirts of Rome Dec. 7.

Human rights of most vulnerable must be promoted at all times, Pope Francis says

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VATICAN – The fundamental rights of all human beings, especially the most vulnerable, must be respected and protected in every situation, Pope Francis said, marking Human Rights Day, Dec.10.
A statue of Mary is seen in 2017 atop the Cathedral of Managua in Nicaragua. A 24-year-old woman dumped sulfuric acid on a priest while he was hearing confessions in the cathedra Dec. 5.

Woman dumps sulfuric acid on priest hearing confessions in Nicaragua

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MANAGUA, Nicaragua – A 24-year-old woman dumped sulfuric acid on a priest while he was hearing confessions in the Managua cathedral.
Pope Francis poses for a photo with representatives of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops during a meeting at the Vatican Dec. 6. From left are Bishop Lionel Gendron of Saint-Jean-Longueuil, Quebec, CCCB president; Pope Francis; Archbishop Richard Gagnon of Winnipeg, Manitoba, CCCB vice president; and Msgr. Frank Leo Jr., general secretary of the conference.

Canadian bishops discuss sex abuse policy, Indigenous Peoples with Pope Francis

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VATICAN – The leaders of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops said the concerns of the indigenous peoples in Canada and the bishops' updated sexual abuse policies were among the issues they spoke about with Pope Francis.
Spanish national police officers unload bales of seized drugs in Las Palmas, on the Canary island of Gran Canaria, Spain, Oct. 23. Pope Francis said illegal drug makers and dealers are traffickers of death and must be stopped.

Fight against drugs, 'traffickers of death', Pope Francis says

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VATICAN – Everyone must help in the fight against drugs, particularly governments which are called to confront the "traffickers of death" who produce, distribute or sell addictive substances, Pope Francis said.
Trappist monks and a guest are pictured at the Monastery of Notre Dame de l'Atlas near Medea, Algeria, in this undated photo. Seven Trappist monks of the monastery were murdered in 1996 by the members of the Armed Islamic Group. They will be beatified Dec. 8 in Oran, Algeria.

Beatification of martyrs can united Christians, Muslims, Algerian bishop says

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ALGIERS, Algeria – The beatifications of 19 martyrs in Algeria will be a "great joy" to the church and will help unite Christians and Muslims of the country, said a French-Algerian archbishop.
A mother and daughter wait outside a camp at a sports facility in Tijuana, Mexico, set up to for people arriving Nov. 15 in a caravan of Central American migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border. The shelter opened the previous night and had more than 750 people, but dozens more lined up outside waiting to enter.

Vatican urges adoption of global agreements on migration, refugees

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VATICAN – Welcoming the finalization of global compacts on migration and on refugees, the Vatican urged nations to adopt the nonbinding agreements to protect people who are on the move and to promote their orderly acceptance in new countries.
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