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News/International

Indian Salesian Father Tom Uzhunnalil, who was kidnapped in Yemen more than a year ago, is seen in a screen grab from a YouTube video.

Indian politician suggests ransom fund for kidnapped priest in Yemen

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NEW DELHI, India – A member of India’s Legislative Assembly is encouraging the Church to raise money for the release of kidnapped priest Father Tom Uzhunnalil, claiming a need for concrete action beyond prayer.

Rick Best, a 53-year-old member of Christ the King Parish in Milwaukie, Ore., was stabbed to death May 26 when trying to defend two young women from a man who yelled epithets at them aboard a commuter train, said Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler. Best is pictured in an undated photo.

Oregon Catholic father of four killed trying to protect fellow passengers

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PORTLAND, Ore. – On a crowded Portland commuter train May 26, a selfless Catholic father of four stepped forward to calm a tense situation. He was that kind of guy.

Philippine government soldiers walk past a mosque before their May 25 assault on Maute insurgents, who have taken over large parts of the town of Marawi. Catholic bishops in the region have expressed their support of the government’s declaration of martial law, as long as it’s temporary.

Bishops in south Philippines support 'temporary' martial law in wake of violence

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MANILA, Philippines – Catholic bishops in the southern Philippines supported the declaration of martial law in Mindanao following an attempt by a band of gunmen claiming to be Islamic militants to seize a city in the region.

Pope Francis arrives for his general audience in St. Peter's Square May 17 at the Vatican.

Pope spends day in Genoa talking jobs, witness, migration

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VATICAN CITY – Condemning an economy that encourages speculation more than entrepreneurship, warning priests and religious that they share responsibility for the vocations crisis and telling young people they are right to be puzzled by nations that close their doors to people fleeing persecution, Pope Francis spent a busy day in Genoa.

Veronica Stoberg of Santiago, Chile, alongside her son, Sebastian, holds a photo May 12 of Blessed Faustino Miguez, who is credited with her miraculous recovery after a complicated childbirth. The Spanish priest will be canonized by Pope Francis in October.

Doctors said Chilean mom would die, but miracle credited to Spanish priest

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SANTIAGO, Chile – Chileans call it the Chilean miracle.

Sister Maria Laura at the Augustinian monastery of St. Rita in Cascia, Italy began running the thrifty wedding dress service out of a surplus of donated wedding dresses.

Italian nun runs thrifty wedding dress service with donated gowns

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UMBRIA, Italy – Italian brides are finding wedding dresses at an unusual spot hidden in the Umbrian hills, where they are able to pick out their special gown – all for the cost of a donation.

Metanoia Home, based in the Baton Rouge-area of Louisiana, is a shelter for sixteen women under the age of 21 who were victims of sex trafficking.

This U.S. nuns' home is helping girls freed from sex trafficking

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BATON ROUGE, La. – The numbers are staggering. Each year in the U.S. alone, some 300,000 minors are victims of sex trafficking.

In 2014, as a 24-year-old seminarian, Martin Baani risked his life to save Blessed Sacrament from the imminent invasion of Islamic State terrorists in his hometown. He was ordained as a priest September 2016.

Seminarian who once saved the Eucharist from ISIS returns as a priest

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KARAMLESH, Iraq – Martin Baani was just 24 years old when he risked his life as a seminarian to rescue the Blessed Sacrament from the imminent invasion of Islamic State terrorists in his hometown.

A bus carrying Coptic Christians in southern Egypt is seen after gunmen attacked it May 26. The Health Ministry reports at least 26 fatalities, with at least 25 more wounded.

Fear and anger haunt Christians in wake of mass Coptic slaughter in Egypt

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Abouna Beshoi Yasa Annis has been talking to angry, frightened and despairing parishioners in his Catholic Coptic parish in Assiut, Egypt, ever since gunmen killed at least 28 pilgrims on a bus, two hours’ drive north of his town in the Christian heartland of Upper Egypt.

A man holds an umbrella during a protest in Seattle May 15 against President Donald Trump's travel ban. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, based in Virginia, issued a 10-3 ruling May 25 to uphold a Maryland federal court's injunction against the temporary ban.

U.S. federal appeals court upholds injunction against Trump's travel ban

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RICHMOND, Va. – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, based in Richmond, issued a 10-3 ruling May 25 to uphold a Maryland federal court's injunction against President Donald Trump's temporary travel ban.

Students at St. Joseph Catholic School in Accra, Ghana, are seen in this 2005 file photo. The government of Ghana has indicated it might return management and supervision of mission schools to religious bodies.

Ghana plans to hand back management of mission schools to religious bodies

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ACCRA, Ghana – The government of Ghana has indicated it might be making a move to return management and supervision of mission schools to religious bodies.

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