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News/International

A young girl holds her belongings as she waits with a group of Mexicans preparing to leave the Casa del Migrante shelter June 8 in Tijuana, Mexico.

Pope to Latin America: Migrant crises require focus on reality, dialogue, commitment

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VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis sent a letter last week to the Latin American Parliament as they discuss migration in the region, encouraging governments to protect all who reside in their territory regardless of their origin.

South Sudan’s bishops have asked for renewed commitment to peace following Pope Francis’ decision not to visit the war-torn country in 2017.

News that Pope will not visit South Sudan prompts renewed call for peace

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JUBA, South Sudan – The news that Pope Francis will not be able to visit South Sudan this year prompted the nation's bishops to voice reassurances that a future visit is possible, and ask for a renewed commitment to peace.

Demonstrators protest against South African President Jacob Zuma's firing of Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan outside Parliament March 31 in Cape Town.

South African Council of Churches calls for dissolution of parliament

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CAPE TOWN, South Africa – Following its own findings of severe corruption in government, the South African Council of Churches called for the dissolving of parliament and new general elections.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is seen with the military in Carmen, Philippines, June 6. The Association of Major Religious Superiors in the Philippines called for an end to martial law in Mindanao, saying it was not the proper response to terrorist attacks in one city on a vast island.

Philippine bishop: Marital law makes farce of Independence Day

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MANILA, Philippines – Martial law in the southern Philippines and security forces' clashes with a local terrorist group in Mindanao made a mockery of Independence Day celebrations June 12, said a Philippine bishop.

Pope Francis speaks alongside Italian President Sergio Mattarella during an official visit at Quirinal Palace in Rome June 10.

Pope, Italian president talk migrants, environment, jobs

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VATICAN CITY – Generosity, hard work, solidarity and a recognition of the dignity of the human person are essential for facing the major challenges posed by natural disasters, a large influx of migrants and a crisis in creating jobs, especially for young people, Pope Francis told Italian President Sergio Mattarella.

Jesuit Father Patrick J. Conroy, pictured in a May 8 photo, has been the chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives since 2011. He said he always knew he wanted to work in Congress but never imagined he would do so as a priest.

A Jesuit chaplain shepherds U.S. Congress' divided flock

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WASHINGTON – In his youth, Jesuit Father Patrick J. Conroy pictured himself as a lawyer and a senator, working in the deep recesses of Washington's U.S. Capitol building. In a way, he's doing just that but not in the way he imagined.

Father Jerish Antony is funding the education of 218 children whose parents have HIV as part of a program run by the the Diocese of Ajmer.

Priest advocates for Indian children whose parents live with HIV

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BHOPAL, India – A priest in the north Indian state of Rajasthan is fighting to end discrimination against children whose parents live with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.

Aylin, a ninth-grader at La Salle Prep in Milwaukie, Ore., shares a recent school project in late May with her mother, Luz, who emigrated from Mexico.

Hispanic students express fear, uncertainty amid U.S. immigration clampdown

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PORTLAND, Ore. – Countless immigrants across the country live in a climate of fear sparked by actions in the new administration, including President Donald Trump's plan to build a U.S.-Mexico wall, his executive order on immigration enforcement and several highly public raids.

Dr. Tom Catena is pictured with his medical team in outside Mother of Mercy Hospital in Gidel, Sudan, in 2013. Catena, a U.S. Catholic physician and missionary who serves in Sudan, has received the Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity.

U.S. Catholic honoured as missionary, physician working in Sudan war zone

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WASHINGTON – Hidden in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan, a war zone for the past few years, a U.S. Catholic missionary, Dr. Tom Catena, ministers to a village of 750,000 people as the single medical doctor in the area.

Dr. Robert Walley, who founded MaterCare International, will be honoured with the Catholic Civil Rights League’s Archbishop Adam Exner Award in Public Life on June 19.

Dr. Robert Walley honoured for work of MaterCare International

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Dr. Robert Walley will never forget the moment when he watched a pregnant woman die.

Archbishop Teofilius Matulionis is pictured in a 1957 photo. Archbishop Matulionis, who was murdered in 1962 with a lethal injection after 16 years in prisons and labor camps, was to become the first Catholic martyr from the country's communist era to be declared blessed June 25 in Vilnius.

Archbishop to become Lithuania's first beatified Soviet-era martyr

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WARSAW, Poland – A Lithuanian archbishop who was murdered with a lethal injection after 16 years in prisons and labor camps was to become the first Catholic martyr from the country's communist era to be declared blessed.

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