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News/International

Refugees and migrants wait to receive food in a makeshift camp at the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of Idomeni, Greece, March 25.

Greek hospitality is put to a religious test by refugees

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ATHENS, Greece – Abdul rose just before sundown on one of the last days of the holy month of Ramadan. The 17-year-old refugee from Afghanistan was keeping odd hours, eating breakfast in place of dinner and passing the day in slumber.

Father Peter Geremia is a member of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao. He works with indigenous communities as they struggle against paramilitary death squads, foreign mining companies and large agricultural plantations.

Priest hopes Philippine's president can help bring fellow missionary's killer to justice

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KIDAPAWAN, Philippines – Justice is slow in the Philippines, but Father Peter Geremia is running out of patience as he awaits justice for the killers of a fellow priest.

Franciscan Father Francesco Patton is the new custos of the Holy Land Franciscans.

Hope abundant, even amid conflict, says leader of Holy Land Franciscans

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WASHINGTON – The responsibilities entrusted to him are great: caring for about 50 shrines, more than two dozen parishes, various schools and other services provided by more than 250 Franciscan friars stationed at some of the most embattled places in the Middle East.

A San Diego parish's bulletin says Catholics who votes for the Democratic nominee for president, Hillary Clinton, they will go to hell.3

Church bulletin insert claims Clinton influenced by Satan

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SAN DIEGO – An insert and article in a San Diego parish's bulletin saying Catholics were going to hell if they voted for Hillary Clinton and claiming Clinton was influenced by Satan are inappropriate and do not reflect Catholic teaching or diocesan policies, said a spokesman for the San Diego Diocese.

Former footballer, Philip Mulryne, who played for the Manchester United, was ordained a deacon Oct. 30. He is set to become a Dominican priest in 2017.

Former Manchester United footballer to be a Dominican priest

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LONDON, UK – You might have heard of Phil Mulryne, a Manchester United footballer who's shared the field with David Beckham and brought fame to Ireland with 27 caps – international appearances – in his athletic career.

Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster, England, speaks at the Vatican Oct. 27. The English cardinal apologized to unmarried women pressured to give up their babies by church agencies at the end of a documentary scheduled to be broadcasted Nov. 9.

U.K. cardinal apologizes to unmarried women coerced to give up babies

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MANCHESTER, England – An English cardinal has apologized for the "hurt caused" to young unmarried mothers pressured by church agencies in the mid-20th century to surrender their children for adoption.

A pair of Catholic physicians argue that changes in the way health care is paid for and stronger relationships between doctors and their patients will do more to improve people's health and uphold the sanctity of life than bureaucratic government-run programs and expensive insurance policies.

U.S. election outcome expected to influence religious freedom in health care

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WASHINGTON – A pair of Catholic physicians argue that changes in the way health care is paid for and stronger relationships between doctors and their patients will do more to improve people's health and uphold the sanctity of life than bureaucratic government-run programs and expensive insurance policies.

The Rev. Benedict Nivakoff says Mass in September 2016. The American monk is looking to the future after St. Benedict's basilica in Norcia was destroyed by an earthquake Oct. 30.

Italy’s Benedictine monks of Norcia look to future after quake

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ROME – When the earth shook and the walls came tumbling down in Norcia earlier this week, the Benedictine monks who live in the picturesque central Italian town somehow survived without a scratch.

The District of Columbia City Council, seen here in a budget vote in 2014, moved one step closer to legalizing assisted suicide Nov. 1

In initial vote, majority of D.C. Council supports assisted suicide bill

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WASHINGTON – The District of Columbia City Council Nov. 1 moved one step closer to allowing doctors to prescribe lethal medications to terminally ill patients who want to end their lives.

After the outrage over it's lack of Christmas reference to its coffee cups last year, Starbucks is back at it with a new design. The company says the green cup is a reference to the upcoming U.S. presidential election and not about Christmas.

Cue the ‘War on Christmas’: Starbucks has a new cup

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Yes, Virginia, there are people brandishing pitchforks because the new Starbucks cup is green and doesn’t have a snowflake.

A police photographer takes pictures of bullet holes in a Des Moines, Iowa, police vehicle Nov. 2. Two police officers were shot and killed in separate attacks described as "ambush-style."

Iowa bishop says diocese stands 'in solidarity' with local police after shooting

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DES MOINES, Iowa – In response to the fatal shootings Nov. 2 of two police officers, Bishop Richard E. Pates of Des Moines said the diocese stands in solidarity with members of the local police force.

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