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News/International

A condominium complex is reduced to rubble Aug. 26 after Hurricane Harvey struck in Rockport, Texas.

Catholic groups are mobilizing to help in Hurricane Harvey's aftermath

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WASHINGTON – Catholic dioceses and charities are quickly organizing to help in the aftermath of a Category 4 hurricane that made landfall with heavy rains and winds of 130 miles per hour late Aug. 25 into the Rockport, Texas area, northeast of Corpus Christi. The National Weather Service said in a tweet Aug. 27 that the rainfall expected after the hurricane and storm are over "are beyond anything experienced before."

Motorists traveling south on Interstate 37 pass a traffic sign warning of weather conditions Aug 25 in Corpus Christi, Texas. Hurricane Harvey was "dangerously approaching the Texas Coast" Aug. 25 and expected to drop as much as 35 inches of rain and usher in "life-threatening" storm-surge flooding upon landfall late Aug. 25 or early the next morning, the National Hurricane Center said.

Galveston-Houston readies for historic hurricane, first in 10-plus years

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HOUSTON – Hurricane Harvey's pending landfall is bringing up memories of the last major storm that aimed for the Texas Gulf Coast.

Italian police use a water cannon Aug. 24 as they clash with protesting refugees who had been forcibly removed from a building where they had been living in Rome.

Rome Caritas blames police for violent removal of refugees

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ROME - While government officials had an obligation to find a safe and dignified alternative for housing some 800 refugees squatting in an abandoned building in the center of Rome, the way police went about it led to violence, said Rome's Caritas agency.

Displaced people are seen on the grounds of a seminary Aug. 9 in Bangassou, Central African Republic. Catholic priests whose villages have been attacked have taken to Facebook to express outrage and appeal for help.

Central African priests use Facebook to express outrage, appeal for help

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BANGUI, Central African Republic - Catholic priests whose villages have been attacked have taken to Facebook to express outrage and appeal for help.

Sister Ruth Katharina Martha Pfau, a German-born member of the Daughters of the Heart of Mary and a physician who devoted her life to the eradication of leprosy in Pakistan, died Aug. 10 at age 87. She is pictured in an undated photo.

Nun known as 'Mother Teresa of Pakistan' to receive state funeral

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THRISSUR, India – The government of Pakistan will accord a state funeral to Sister Ruth Katharina Martha Pfau, a German-born member of the Daughters of the Heart of Mary who devoted her life to eradicating leprosy in Pakistan.

Poor Clare sisters view the solar eclipse through a pair of special lenses Aug. 21 at the Monastery of St. Clare in St. Louis. The order excitedly anticipated the event for months, comparing the thrill of it to the 1999 visit of Pope John Paul II.

‘God’s amazing,’ says science teacher after viewing eclipse

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HOPKINSVILLE, Ky.– Science teacher Jane Irwin isn't often left without words, but the total solar eclipse that swept across America left her in a quiet reflective mood.

A doctor and an officer from the Italian Carabinieri police force carry a child Aug. 22 after an earthquake hit Ischia, Italy. The earthquake rattled the Italian resort island at the peak of tourist season the evening of Aug. 21, killing at least two people and trapping others under collapsed homes.

Two die in earthquake on Italian island

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ROME – One of the two women who died when an earthquake struck the Italian island of Ischia was killed by falling debris from a 19th-century church. The other died in her home, which was destroyed by the quake Aug. 21.

People pay tribute in Barcelona, Spain, Aug. 18, to victims on the site of a deadly van attack the previous day.

Catholic leaders urge prayers, unity after attacks in Spain

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OXFORD, England - Spanish church leaders urged prayers and national unity after two terrorist attacks left at least 19 people dead.

A police officer helps evacuate people after a van crashed into pedestrians in the Las Ramblas district of Barcelona, Spain, Aug. 17. Terrorists killed at least 12 and injured more than 50 others.

Pope offers prayers for victims of terrorist attack in Barcelona

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VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis offered prayers for the victims of a terrorist attack in Barcelona, Spain, that left at least 12 people dead and injured dozens of others.

A woman walks along a street in Reykjavik, Iceland, June 15. The country is on its way to "eliminate" people with Down syndrome, a report from CBS News explained, causing uproar in the pro-life community over the high numbers of abortions following prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome.

Iceland population of people with Down syndrome 'disappearing'

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WASHINGTON - Iceland is on its way to "eliminate" people with Down syndrome, a report from CBS News explained, causing uproar in the pro-life community over the high numbers of abortions following prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome.

People sit by a memorial of flowers in Charlottesville, Va., Aug. 14 where an Aug. 12 car attack took place against counter-protesters demonstrating at a rally of white nationalists.

Catholic leaders, groups urge all Americans to confront 'sin of racism'

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WASHINGTON - The Franciscan Action Network called on all Americans, "especially ourselves and those who have benefited from white privilege," to look within themselves "and confront America's original sin -- the sin of racism."

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