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News/International

Anti-government protesters pray during a rally against violence in Caracas, Venezuela, March 5, 2014. The country's Catholics are facing a wave of protests from pro-government supporters.

Venezuelan Catholics face backlash for opposing government

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CARACAS, Venezuela – After speaking against alleged government misconduct, human rights abuses and delay of free elections, Catholic churches and clergy around Venezuela are facing a wave of protests from pro-government supporters.

In an effort to support the economy of Italian regions devastated by several recent earthquakes, the Vatican has purchased food from local farmers and producers to feed the homeless.

Vatican offers support to local farmers in Italian earthquake zone

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VATICAN CITY – In an effort to help support the economy of the central Italian region devastated by several earthquakes in 2016, the Vatican has purchased food from local farmers and producers to feed the homeless.

Sister Candida Bellotti, center, at the celebration in Italy for her 110th birthday on Feb. 20, 2017.

Italy's oldest nun, who celebrated her 110th birthday, says love is the secret to life

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ROME – Italy’s oldest native-born nun, Candida Bellotti, celebrated her 110th birthday with best wishes from Pope Francis and valuable tips for those wanting to live a long life.

A woman who fled fighting in Sloviansk, Ukraine, cries while holding a child at a shelter in the town of Makiyivka in eastern Ukraine June 4, 2014.

Help stop war in Ukraine, aid children in need, says church leader

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ROME – The head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church called on the international community to "stop the aggressor" in Ukraine's "forgotten conflict" and help the 1 million children in need of urgent humanitarian assistance.

Pretoria and Johannesburg have seen a wave of attacks on properties owned by foreigners.

South African bishops' justice commission urges restraint after xenophobic attacks

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CAPE TOWN, South Africa – After an outburst of attacks on property owned by foreign nationals in South Africa's capital, Pretoria, and neighboring Johannesburg, the Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference justice and peace commission called for restraint.

At his general audience Feb. 22, Pope Francis appeals for aid as famine strikes South Sudan.

Pope Francis appeals for aid as famine grips South Sudan

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VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis appealed for humanitarian assistance to South Sudan where famine threatens the lives of millions of people already suffering due to a three-year civil war.

France's Catholic doctors is protesting a law passed Feb. 16 sanctioning pro-life websites that aim to dissuade women from abortion.

Catholic doctors protest French law banning 'misleading' pro-life websites

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PARIS, France – An international group of Catholic physicians is protesting a law passed by France's parliament last week sanctioning pro-life websites that aim to dissuade women from abortion by using “misleading claims.”

Cardinal Raymond L. Burke, a church law expert and former head of the Vatican's highest court, arrived in Guam Feb. 15 as the presiding judge in a church trial investigating allegations of sexual abuse leveled against Archbishop Anthony Apuron of Agana.

Cardinal Burke leaves Guam after interviewing witnesses in sex abuse case

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AGANA, Guam – U.S. Cardinal Raymond L. Burke, accompanied by an official from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and three canon lawyers, spent two days in Guam interviewing witnesses and alleged victims in a clerical sexual abuse case against Archbishop Anthony S. Apuron of Agana.

In two memos, Homeland Security published two guidelines that the White House says would enhance enforcement of immigration laws.

Trump administration announces wide-ranging immigration guidelines

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WASHINGTON – In two memos published Feb. 20, the Department of Homeland Security outlined guidelines that White House officials said would enhance enforcement of immigration laws inside the country as well as prevent further unauthorized immigration into the U.S.

The Vatican announced plans to crack down on illegal sales of papal symbols and coat of arms Feb. 22.

Vatican to crack down on illegal sale of papal symbols, coat of arms

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VATICAN CITY – On Wednesday the Vatican announced plans to monitor with a more careful eye those who print official images of the Pope or the Holy See and sell them for profit, intervening with “appropriate action” when necessary.

Pope Francis greets Ahmad el-Tayeb, grand imam of Egypt's al-Azhar mosque and university, during a private meeting at the Vatican May 23. The Vatican and Al-Azhar is teaming up to combat religious justification for violence.

Vatican, Al-Azhar team up to counter religious justification for violence

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VATICAN CITY – The Vatican and one of Islam’s most renowned schools of Sunni thought are joining forces to discuss how they can work together in combating religious extremism that uses God’s name to justify violence.

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