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News/International

Prelates pray before the Blessed Sacrament in the chapel during a day of prayer Nov. 12 at the fall general assembly of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Baltimore.

Clerical sex abuse survivors address rejection, pain at U.S. bishops' meeting

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BALTIMORE – Luis A. Torres Jr. stood before a group of U.S. bishops during one of the most publicly watched of their fall annual meetings Nov. 12 in Baltimore and in doing so revealed to the world the reality that he has lived with since childhood: that he was abused by a priest.
Peter Isely hugs Becky Ianny as protesters gather outside the hotel in Baltimore where the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops was meeting during its fall general assembly.

Catholics protest outside U.S. bishops' meeting in Baltimore, call for change

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BALTIMORE – As the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops opened a Day of Prayer at the Fall Bishops General Assembly Nov. 12, John McKeon was the first to walk a path along Aliceanna Street outside the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront, just after 9 a.m.
Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, looks up while holding a press conference Nov. 12 at the bishops' general assembly in Baltimore.

Vatican delays U.S. bishops' vote on abuse crisis reform

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BALTIMORE – A Vatican-requested delay in adopting practices that are expected to boost accountability among U.S. bishops in their response to clergy sex abuse is a "bump in the road," said the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Archbishop Christophe Pierre, apostolic nuncio to the United States, speaks Nov. 12 during the fall general assembly of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Baltimore.

Papal nuncio urges U.S. bishops to restore trust, lead reform amid abuse crisis

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BALTIMORE – At the start of the annual fall meeting of the U.S. bishops in Baltimore, Archbishop Christophe Pierre encouraged the U.S. bishops to work hard together to restore trust and bring about church reform amid the current crisis in the church.
Children playing in Trinidad.

Increase in suicide among Caribbean youth trouble counselors

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PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad – Local counselors are concerned about a growing tendency among adolescents and young adults to choose suicide or self-harm and the limited scope of ministry available in local Catholic parishes for suicide prevention or family healing.
Pakistani children stand outside their makeshift home near Karachi.

Global poverty rates are falling, but it's not all good news, reports say

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Over a 25-year span from 1990 to 2015 there has been a massive reduction in global poverty. 

Pope Francis is pictured during his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Nov. 7.

'Invest in peace, not on war', Pope says on 100th anniversary of end of WWI

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VATICAN – The bells of St. Peter’s Basilica rang out in unison with thousands of other church bells around the world Sunday as Pope Francis commemorated the 100 year anniversary of the end of World War I.
A priest celebrates Mass in 2012 in a makeshift chapel in a village near Beijing. For the first time in decades, all of the Catholic bishops in China are in full communion with the pope, the Vatican announced Sept. 22.

Four underground priests reportedly abducted in China's Hebei province

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XUANHUA, China – Four priests from the underground Catholic Church in China's Hebei province have been taken into police custody for indoctrination, AsiaNews reported Monday.
Pope Francis walks with Catholicos Gewargis III, patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, during a private audience Nov. 9 at the Vatican.

Modern martyrs are the 'seed of Christian unity', Pope and Patriarch Catholicos says

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VATICAN – Appealing to the international community to help bring peace to Syria and Iraq, Pope Francis and Catholicos Gewargis III, patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, also paid homage to the lands' persecuted Christians, who demonstrate that faith in Christ is a bond that is stronger than any denominational difference.
Pope Francis greets the crowd during his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Nov. 7.

Call out injustice, put people first, Pope tells journalism students

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VATICAN – Break through every "wall" of gloom and resignation and help the world realize people need to take care of one another because they are all part of one human family, Pope Francis told Catholic journalists.
Pope Francis greets Emilie Callan, right, a synod delegate from Canada, during a session of the Synod of Bishops on young people, the faith and vocational discernment at the Vatican Oct. 11.

At the synod on youth, Canada’s Emilie Callan felt she was heard

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The Synod of Bishops on young people is over but Emilie Callan will be unpacking a month full of memories for a long time. 

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