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News/International

Nuns pray in Kolkata, India, Aug. 4. Although the Sept. 4 canonization of Blessed Teresa is in Rome, special festivities to honor her will continue in Kolkata until Christmas.

Calcutta gears up for celebrations of 'St. Teresa'

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CALCUTTA, India – A group of young independent photographers are busy clicking away, taking photos of the "City of Joy."

According to a new survey, most American churchgoers are hearing politics from the pulpits of their churches, during the current U.S. presidential election.

Most American churchgoers are hearing politics from the pulpit: report

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Most American churchgoers are hearing politics from the pulpits of their churches during this presidential election season, according to a new survey.

Portrait of Martin Luther by 16th-century German Renaissance painter Lucas Cranach the Elder. Later this year, Christians begin marking the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, traditionally dated from the October 1517 publication of Luther's 95 Theses, questioning the sale of indulgences and the Gospel foundations of papal authority.

As Reformation anniversary nears, German bishops stress Protestant ties

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OXFORD, England – Germany's Catholic bishops praised Martin Luther, who started the Protestant Reformation, as a "Gospel witness and teacher of the faith" and called for closer ties with Protestants.

People gather around flowers and burning candles July 17 to pay tribute to victims of the Bastille Day attack in Nice, France. France and Germany are facing challenges of radicalized Muslim youths in their own country.

France and Germany search for solutions to Islamist challenge

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PARIS – Violent Islamist attacks in France and Germany have piled pressure on the two governments to search for new ways to confront the grim challenge they now face: radicalized Muslim youth.

Indira Kaljo, a Bosnian-American professional basketball player, as seen in her video promoting a petition to allow hijab during FIBA competitions.

Pressure to allow hijab in basketball mounts as decision looms

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Something you won’t see in sun-worshipping, skin-baring Rio de Janeiro as the 2016 Olympics continue: women covering their heads on the basketball court.

Auxiliary Bishop Denis J. Madden of Baltimore holds a Catholic-Lutheran document titled "'Declaration on the Way: Church, Ministry and Eucharist" during a a telephone news conference Nov. 4, 2015 in Washington. The document was approved by the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America Churchwide Assembly in New Orleans on August 10.

Assembly OKs document marking 50 years of Lutheran-Catholic dialogue

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NEW ORLEANS – A key action at the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America Churchwide Assembly in New Orleans was the approval Aug. 10 by 980 voting members of a document that marks 50 years of Lutheran-Catholic dialogue.

Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine, left, speaks at Fort Hayes Metropolitan Education Center in Columbus, Ohio, on July 31, 2016. Photo courtesy of REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein At right, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks at an American Renewal Project event at the Orlando Convention Center in Orlando, Fla., on Aug. 11, 2016.

Kaine, Trump address faithful of different stripes

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Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Kaine, recounting his work as a missionary and his role as a tenor in his Catholic church choir, cheered the efforts of a historically black Baptist denomination to get out the vote this election season.

Pakistani Muslims pray during Ramadan in Karachi. Pakistan has seen more than 62 people killed since 1990 by mob violence.

Muslim-on-Muslim violence highlighted in new U.S. State Department report

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WASHINGTON – While in past years the wave of Muslim violence against Christians has been prominent in the U.S. State Department's annual report on international religious freedom, the latest report, released Aug. 10, focuses on Muslim violence against other Muslims.

Pope Francis sits with refugee children from Syria at a luncheon at the Vatican August 11.

Pope invites Syrian refugees to lunch

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VATICAN CITY – At a luncheon that was part reunion and part progress report, Pope Francis invited 21 Syrian refugees to join him at the Vatican Aug. 11.

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken attends an interview with Reuters in Paris, on March 4, 2016.

U.S. ambassador: Religious freedom seriously lacking for three-fourths of world’s population

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WASHINGTON – The U.S. State Department warned that religion-based terrorists as well as some governments across the globe are threatening the liberties of religious minorities.

Refugee Olympic Team's Yolande Mabika, left, and Linda Bolder of Israel compete in judo during the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro Aug. 10.

U.N. Refugee Olympic team: 'The victory scream of all refugees'

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RIO DE JANEIRO – Glued to the improvised screen set up on the patio of the Caritas house, the refugees yelled and they cried. But most of all, they cheered. They cheered for their two Congolese colleagues, Popole Misenga, 24, and Yolande Mabika, 28, who were competing in judo as part of the United Nations' Refugee Olympic team.

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