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News/International

Protesters clash with police June 5 in Caracas, Venezuela. The Vatican indicated June 13 that it supports new elections to solve the country's crisis.

Vatican supports new elections to solve Venezuelan crisis

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VATICAN CITY – Negotiations between government and opposition groups in Venezuela, followed by free and fair elections, are needed to put an end to violence and bring relief to the suffering people, a Vatican official said.

First responders are seen early June 14 after U.S. House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., was shot while practicing baseball, according to news reports. Multiple reports said two U.S. Capitol Police officers who were part of the Catholic congressman's protective detail also were shot.

U.S. authorities investigating shooting of Catholic congressman, others

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ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Federal authorities are investigating a shooting that resulted in injuries for Catholic congressman and Republican Steve Scalise and others when a gunman opened fire on him and others during a June 14 practice for an annual congressional baseball game.

Bishop Jean-Marie Benoit Bala of Bafia, who disappeared overnight on May 31, was later found dead in a river June 2. Cameroonian Catholic leaders said June 13 that Bishop Bala did not commit suicide, but was murdered.

Church officials say Cameroonian bishop death was murder, not suicide

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YAOUNDE, Cameroon – Catholic bishops in Cameroon said a bishop whose body was pulled from a river in early June did not commit suicide, but was murdered.

Flames and smoke billow from a London apartment building June 14. London's Metropolitan Police said a number of people were being treated for a range of injuries, and authorities appealed for families to report anyone unaccounted for.

Catholic leaders pray for London fire victims, offer assistance

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LONDON – Catholic leaders in London offered prayers for victims of a fire in a 24-story apartment building.

Rescue personnel enter a damaged building June 14 after a magnitude-6.9 earthquake in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. The earthquake, near the border with Mexico, caused moderate damage to homes, triggered some landslides across highways and injured at least one person, officials said.

Earthquake triggers landslides in western Guatemala

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SAN MARCOS, Guatemala – A magnitude 6.9 earthquake June 14 in western Guatemala resulted in landslides that closed the Inter-American Highway, which connects many Central American nations.

Nigel Biggar, the Regius Professor of Moral and Pastoral Theology at the University of Oxford, who has said that he supports legal abortion up to 18 weeks, has been appointed by Pope Francis to the Pontifical Academy for Life.

Philosopher who backs legal abortion joins Vatican pro-life academy

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VATICAN CITY – Philosopher Nigel Biggar, who backs legal abortion, is among the 45 new appointments to the Pontifical Academy for Life, according to a statement on the Vatican website.

A church, which was still under construction, was reportedly destroyed by local authorities in China’s Henan province May 5. 40 parishioners were detained when they tried to stop the demolition.

Church destroyed, Christians detained in China's Henan province

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SHANGQIU – Local authorities in China’s Henan province reportedly destroyed a Christian church building last month, beating parishioners who tried to stop the demolition and detaining 40, the group China Aid says.

A man prays in front of photographs of victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando June 15, 2016. The Diocese of Orlando held a prayer service on the tragedy’s anniversary at St. James Cathedral June 12.

Orlando Catholics remember nightclub shooting victims on anniversary

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ORLANDO, Fla. – On the anniversary of the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, the Diocese of Orlando broadcast via Facebook Live a prayer service attended by clergy of various faiths to remember June 12 the 49 who died during the largest mass shooting by a single gunman in U.S. history.

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals denied a White House request to overturn an injunction blocking President Donald Trump's executive order banning travel from six Muslim-majority countries.

9th Circuit Court of Appeals upholds injunction on Trump's travel ban

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SAN FRANCISCO – The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals denied a White House request to overturn an injunction blocking President Donald Trump's executive order banning travel from six Muslim-majority countries.

Women react as they talk about family members who were arrested by immigration officials during a June 12 rally outside the Mother of God Chaldean Catholic Church in Southfield, Mich. Dozens of Chaldean Christians were arrested by federal immigration officials over the weekend of June 10 and 11 in the Detroit metropolitan area, which members of the local church community said left them feeling sad and frustrated.

Dozens of immigration arrests stun Detroit's Chaldean Catholics

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DETROIT, Mich. – Dozens of Chaldean Christians were arrested by federal immigration officials over the weekend in the Detroit metropolitan area, leaving the local Church community with sadness and frustration.

Vatican-approved Bishop John Liu Shigong of Jining (Wumeng), in the northern Inner Mongolia autonomous region, died June 9 after being diagnosed with liver cancer in May.

Death of prelate illustrates complicated situation of bishops in China

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HONG KONG – A Chinese bishop who avoided government intervention in the affairs of his diocese died without having his Vatican-appointed successor officially ordained, illustrating some of the complications of the situation of bishops in China.

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