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News/International

A woman holds a malnourished child Oct. 6 at a hospital in Sanaa, Yemen. Aid agencies and Catholic officials are sounding the alarm on Yemen's spiraling humanitarian crisis, calling on the combatants to end the war and make badly need assistance available.

Aid groups, bishop sound alarm over humanitarian crisis affecting 21 million in Yemen

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AMMAN, Jordan – Aid agencies and Catholic officials are sounding the alarm on Yemen's spiraling humanitarian crisis, calling on the combatants to end the war and make badly need assistance available.
Pope Francis speaks during a gathering with young people and members of the Synod of Bishops at the Vatican Oct. 6.

Sex abuse crisis, role of women recurring discussions at synod, members say

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VATICAN – Despite many positive and joyful moments during the Synod of Bishops on young people, bishops also have set aside the agenda to discuss the serious scandals and unfolding allegations affecting the church, two synod fathers said.
Ashiq Masih and daughter Eisham Ashiq are pictured Oct. 5 in St. Columba's Church in Chester, England. Asia Bibi, Ashiq's wife and Eisham's mother, is a Catholic condemned to death under Pakistan's blasphemy laws.

Pakistan court rules on Catholic woman's blasphemy charge for insulting Muhammad

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CHESTER, England – A court in Pakistan has reached a decision on whether a Catholic woman will become the first person to hang to death under the country's controversial blasphemy laws.
Archbishop Charles Scicluna of Malta attends a news conference to discuss the Synod of Bishops on young people, the faith and vocational discernment at the Vatican Oct. 8.

Abuse survivors need justice, not 'hollow mercy', archbishop says

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VATICAN – Responding to clerical sexual abuse demands truth and justice, not just admitting a sin was committed, said Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna of Malta.
Cardinal Marc Ouellet, prefect of the Congregation for Bishops, leaves a session of the Synod of Bishops on young people, the faith and vocational discernment at the Vatican Oct 5. In an Oct. 7 open letter, Cardinal Ouellet said that the Congregation for Bishops had placed restrictions on former Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick but Pope Benedict XVI had not applied formal sanctions.

'Repent of your revolt': Cardinal Ouellet responds to Archbishop Vigano on McCarrick case

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VATICAN – Former Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick of Washington had been told by Vatican officials to withdraw from public life because of rumors about his sexual misconduct, said Cardinal Marc Ouellet, prefect of the Congregation for Bishops.
Judge Brett Kavanaugh, a Catholic, is sworn in as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court by Chief Justice John Roberts, also a Catholic, as Kavanaugh's wife, Ashley holds the family Bible and his daughters, Liza and Margaret, look on Oct. 6.

Amid shouts of protesters in gallery, U.S. Senate votes 48-50 to confirm Kavanaugh to Supreme Court

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WASHINGTON  – Late Oct. 6, despite the interruptions of screaming protesters who had to be escorted from the gallery that oversees the Senate chamber, U.S. senators voted 50-48 to confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh as the newest justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.
Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, wait for the start of a session of the Synod of Bishops on young people, the faith and vocational discernment at the Vatican Oct. 4.

Church leaders must face truth of sex abuse, Cardinal DiNardo says

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ROME – The president of the U.S. bishops' conference welcomed Pope Francis' pledge to fight attempts to cover up cases of sexual abuse and to stop offering special treatment to bishops who have committed or covered up abuse.
Los Angeles Auxiliary Bishop Robert E. Barron leaves a session of the Synod of Bishops on young people, the faith and vocational discernment at the Vatican Oct. 5.

Bishop Barron tells Synod Fathers young people need to be heard, not arrogantly lectured

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VATICAN -- The Catholic Church needs to communicate the beauty and intelligence of faith to young men and women without resorting to condescending and aggressive methods, Auxiliary Bishop Robert Barron of Los Angeles told members of the Synod of Bishops.

Archbishop Charles J. Chaput of Philadelphia arrives for the opening session of the Synod of Bishops on young people, the faith and vocational discernment at the Vatican Oct 3.

Archbishop Chaput urges synod to be careful with language, especially on sexuality

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VATICAN  – Archbishop Charles J. Chaput of Philadelphia told members of the Synod of Bishops their task was to help young people understand Catholic teaching on sexuality and to avoid using terms like "LGBTQ" that make it seem as if the church categorizes people that way.
Young people walk away after presenting offertory gifts to Pope Francis during the opening Mass of the Synod of Bishops on young people, the faith and vocational discernment at the Vatican Oct 3. Pictured in red, Emilie Callan is one of Canada's youth observers to the synod.

At opening Mass, Pope Francis welcomes first ever bishops from communist China to attend synod

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VATICAN – Setting the stage for a monthlong gathering of bishops, Pope Francis urged synod fathers not to be crushed by "prophets of doom," but to be the signs of hope and joy for which today's young people yearn.
Pope Francis celebrates the opening Mass of the Synod of Bishops on young people, the faith and vocational discernment at the Vatican Oct 3.

Pope's favourability numbers down, and worse for handling of abuse, Pew Research polls show

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WASHINGTON – With Pope Francis midway into the sixth year of his pontificate, the percentage of U.S. Catholics who view him favourably, while still strong, is noticeably down.
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