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News/International

Syrian children transport their salvaged belongings from their damaged house in Doudyan, a village in northern Aleppo, Jan. 2.

Syria’s humanitarian crisis continues despite ceasefire efforts

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OTTAWA – A ceasefire in war-torn Syria has not eased the humanitarian crisis, according to Catholic aid organizations in the region.

Police lead suspected shooter Dylann Roof, 21, into the courthouse in Shelby, N.C., on June 18, 2015.

Charleston bishop opposes death sentence for man convicted of killing churchgoers

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CHARLESTON, S.C. – Jurors unanimously agreed to sentence Dylann Roof to death for killing nine black churchgoers.

Nigerian soldiers on patrol in Chibok, Nigeria, March 8.

Nigerian archbishop asks president to stop evolving culture of brutality

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LAGOS, Nigeria – The head of the Nigerian bishops' conference urged has urged Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari to stop the evolving culture of brutality and savagery in Nigeria, which he said was unparalleled in its history.

Relatives of prisoners reacts as they wait for news at a checkpoint close to the a prison where at least 33 people were killed during a Jan. 6 riot in Roraima, Brazil.

Church in Brazil laments tragedy of gang-fuelled prison riots

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MANAUS, Brazil – After nearly 100 inmates died in gang-related riots at prisons in northern Brazil through Jan. 8, Church officials in the country have recommitted themselves to assisting in the rehabilitation of prisoners and parolees.

Pope Francis has named Auxiliary Bishop Oscar A. Solis of Los Angeles as bishop of Salt Lake City. The first Philippine-born prelate to head a U.S. diocese, Bishop Solis is pictured in a Jan. 5 photo.

First Filipino-American to lead a U.S. diocese will take reigns in Salt Lake City

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VATICAN CITY – On Tuesday the Vatican announced the appointment of Filipino-born Bishop Oscar A. Solis, currently an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, as the new head of the Diocese of Salt Lake City.

Firemen and ambulances wait outside Fort Lauderdale's airport in Florida Jan. 7, after a gunman opened fire killing at least five people and injuring eight more. Olga Woltering of Transfiguration Catholic Church in Marietta, Ga., was one of the victims killed in the shooting.

Georgia woman killed by gunman at Florida airport was parish stalwart

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ATLANTA – Olga Woltering, a bedrock member of her parish and the Atlanta Cursillo movement and beloved to her family and many friends, was among five people killed in the Jan. 6 shooting at a Florida airport.

A general view of Trauma cemetery is seen in Manaus, Brazil, Jan. 4, during the funeral of one of the inmates who died in a Jan. 1-2 prison riot.

Priest: Brazil's prison system is a 'factory of torture that creates monsters'

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SAO PAULO – The more than 100 deaths of inmates since the beginning of the year in Brazilian prisons does not come as a surprise for Father Valdir Joao Silveira, national coordinator of the Brazilian bishops' prison ministry.

People are seen looting stores in Actopan, Mexico, during a Jan. 4 protest against increasing gas prices. Mexican bishops are calling for calm after an increasing number of protests over high gas prices.

Mexican church calls for calm amid gas-price protests

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MEXICO CITY – Mexican Catholic officials called for calm as angry protests over hikes in the government-set gasoline price consume the country.

A priest blesses a drug abuse treatment and rehabilitation center with holy water Nov. 29 inside the military headquarters of Fort Magsaysay in Manila, Philippines.

Manila Archdiocese to build drug rehab centre modelled on Brazil facility

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MANILA, Philippines – The Archdiocese of Manila will build a rehabilitation centre for drug dependents amid Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs, in which more than 6,000 people have been killed.

Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin smiles as he greets a clergyman before his Jan. 6 installation Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark, N.J.

Updated: New Jersey's first cardinal looks to bridge chasm between faith, life in anxious world

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NEWARK, N.J. – The chasm between faith and life is the greatest challenge facing the Catholic Church today, Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin said at his installation Mass, and he urged the church to be salt for the earth so that the presence of Christ does not become "a comforting, nostalgic memory."

Sudanese pastor, Rev. Hassan Abduraheem, pictured, is facing charges that include espionage and agitating hatred between classes.

Sudanese pastor facing execution is falsely accused, say defenders

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KHARTOUM, Sudan – Charges have been dropped against one Christian pastor in Sudan, but another pastor could face execution for what his defenders say are trumped-up charges based on animosity toward their religion.

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