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News/International

Pope Francis releases doves, a traditional sign of peace, prior to celebrating Mass in 2014 at the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit in Istanbul.

Pope Francis focuses on 'good politics' for 2019 World Peace Day

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VATICAN – The world will not have peace without people having mutual trust and respecting each other's word, the Vatican said as it announced Pope Francis' 2019 World Peace Day message would focus on "good politics."
The daughters of Asia Bibi, a Catholic accused of blasphemy, pose in 2010 with an image of their mother while standing outside their residence in Sheikhupura, Pakistan. The Oct. 31 acquittal of Bibi is being challenged in the country's Supreme Court, according to her husband.

Asia Bibi's blasphemy acquittal challenged by extremist group in Pakistan Supreme Court

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MANCHESTER, England – The acquittal of a Pakistani Catholic woman sentenced to hang for blasphemy is to be challenged in the country's Supreme Court, according to her husband.
A large caravan of migrants from Central America, trying to reach the U.S., walks along a road Oct. 21 in Tapachula, Mexico.

Caravan puts refugee policy on hot seat

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A caravan of up to 7,000 migrants heading north through Mexico toward a possible showdown at the American border are highlighting an urgent issue in Canadian refugee policy. 

A woman mourns during a Nov. 3 funeral Mass at Prince Tadros Orthodox Church in Minya, Egypt, for a group of Christian pilgrims killed by gunmen as they headed to a monastery Nov. 2.

Pope prays for Coptic Orthodox Christians after terrorist attack in Egypt

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VATICAN – In the wake of a deadly attack against Coptic Orthodox Christians in Egypt, Pope Francis prayed for the victims, their families and the entire Christian community.
Pope Francis greets a rabbi during an audience with a group of rabbis attending the World Congress of Mountain Jews, at the Vatican Nov. 5.

Christians must ensure anti-Semitism is banned from society, Pope Francis says

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VATICAN – Sharing the same roots as their Jewish brothers and sisters, Christians cannot be anti-Semitic and must work to ensure anti-Semitism is banned from society, Pope Francis said.
The Pope greets Mobeen Khaja and his delegation from the Association of Progressive Muslims of Canada, including several Catholics, in St. Peter’s Square Oct. 24.

Canadian Muslims given papal close-up

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ROME – A delegation of Canadian Muslims experienced a dream come true Oct. 24 when they met Pope Francis after his weekly Wednesday audience in St. Peter’s Square.

Young Syrian refugees are seen atop a vehicle at a camp in June in the village of Arsal, Lebanon.

Migrants, refugees suffer because of 'guilty silence' of many, Pope Francis says

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VATICAN – The "throwaway culture" has become a pandemic today, and it leaves migrants and displaced people without a voice and at the mercy of those who exploit them, Pope Francis said.
Pope Francis talks with Archbishop Diarmuid Martin of Dublin as he visits St. Mary's Pro-Cathedral in Dublin Aug. 25.

There is danger of 'false confidence' in church's fight against clergy abuse, Irish bishops say

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KILKENNY, Ireland – Dublin Archbishop Diarmuid Martin warned there was "a danger of complacency or inertia or of slippage into false confidence" in the church's fight against clerical abuse.
Father Robert McCulloch, procurator general of the Missionary Society of St. Columban, attends a seminar on safeguarding children in Rome in this March 23, 2017, file photo. Father McCulloch was involved in negotiations with Pakistani officials to obtain the release of Asia Bibi, a Catholic who was acquitted of blasphemy on Oct. 31 by Pakistan's Supreme Court.

Asia Bibi's release sets legal precedent in Pakistan

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SYDNEY – Asia Bibi has been released from death row and prison in Pakistan and is now under heavy protective guard in a secret location with her family, reported a longtime Catholic missionary involved with negotiations in Pakistan about her case.
In this 2015 file photo, New York Auxiliary Bishop John J. Jenik celebrates Mass at St. John-Visitation Church in the Kingsbridge section of the Bronx borough of New York. He has been removed from public ministry pending a Vatican review of a decades-old accusation of sexual abuse against him, a claim he denies, the Archdiocese of New York said in a letter released Oct. 31.

New York bishop removed from ministry upon Vatican review of abuse claim

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WASHINGTON – A New York auxiliary bishop has been removed from public ministry pending a Vatican review of a decades-old accusation of sexual abuse against him, a claim he denies, the Archdiocese of New York said in a letter released Oct. 31.
Emanuela Orlandi is pictured in a photo that was distributed after her presumed kidnapping in 1983. Italian media immediately raised the possibility that bones found at the apostolic nunciature to Italy in Rome could be the remains of Orlandi, who was kidnapped 35 years ago at the age of 15. A forensic examination of the bones is underway, the Vatican said Oct. 30.

Renovation uncovers human remains at Vatican nunciature

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VATICAN – The Vatican press office confirmed news reports that human bones had been found during reconstruction work in a building connected to the Vatican Embassy to Italy.
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