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News/International

Displaced Iraqi children stand in a classroom of a school used as a shelter in the city of Ramadi April 11.

Archbishop from Iraq asks West to step up efforts to oust Islamic State

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NEW YORK - Syriac Catholic Archbishop Yohanna Moshe of Mosul, Iraq, called on the world's government to oust Islamic State militants from northern parts of the country so thousands of displaced Christians can return home.

An Irish bishop wants his fellow bishops to discuss the possibility of ordaining married men to the priesthood.

Irish bishop seeks to discuss ordaining of married men

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DUBLIN - An Irish bishop urged his colleagues to establish a commission to discuss the possibility of ordaining married men.

Bishop Leo O'Reilly of Kilmore also wants the Irish bishops' conference to empower the commission to further study female deacons.

Pope Francis greets Russian President Vladimir Putin as he arrives for a private meeting at the Vatican June 10. At center is Archbishop Georg Ganswein, prefect of the papal household.

Pope Francis meets Putin for a diplomatically difficult talk

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A serious-looking Pope Francis on Wednesday (June 10) spoke with Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, in a meeting focused on conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East that pose complex and contrasting diplomatic challenges for the two leaders.

Pope Francis meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin during a private audience at the Vatican Nov. 25, 2013.

U.S. diplomat calls on Francis to take tough tone with Putin

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VATICAN CITY - In the wake of international criticism over Moscow’s role in ongoing violence in Ukraine, the United States has called on Pope Francis to take a stronger stance on the conflict in his meeting with Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, today.

Iraq's former Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz appears before an Iraqi tribunal in Baghdad in 2004. Aziz, 79, died of a heart attack June 5.

Chaldean Tariq Aziz, top official in Saddam's regime, dead

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WASHINGTON - Tariq Aziz, a Chaldean Catholic who represented Iraqi strongman Saddam Hussein's government on the world stage as foreign minister and deputy prime minister, died June 5 after suffering a heart attack.

Aftab Bahadur Masih

Pakistani church office calls for mercy as Christian faces execution

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KARACHI, Pakistan - The human rights body of Pakistan's Catholic Church pleaded with President Mamnoon Hussain to grant clemency to a Christian death row convict who was a juvenile at the time of the alleged crime.

A View of the Jaguari dam in Brazil shows low water levels in early January. The drought in the region is the worst in 80 years, according to reports, as only a third of the usual rainfall occurred during the wet season from December to February.

Climate encyclical expected to send strong moral message to the world

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LIMA, Peru - Pope Francis' upcoming encyclical on ecology and climate is expected to send a strong moral message -- one message that could make some readers uncomfortable, some observers say.

Pro-life advocates participate in a prayer vigil in January near the entrance to a Planned Parenthood clinic in Smithtown, N.Y., that performs abortions. An AP survey shows that the number of abortions has declined in most states.

AP: Number of abortions in U.S. has gone down since 2010

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WASHINGTON - An Associated Press survey of abortion in the United States this decade has revealed that the number of abortions has gone down by 12 per cent since 2010.

Residents inspect the damage inside St. Ephrem Syrian Orthodox Church after a bomb attack in central Kirkuk, Iraq in this 2011 photo.

Islamic militants announce plan to transform Mosul church into mosque

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VATICAN CITY - One of the largest churches in Mosul, Iraq, will be transformed into a mosque.

A nun marks a cross on a woman's forehead using ash during the observance of Ash Wednesday at a Catholic church in Manila, Philippines, Feb. 18. Ash Wednesday marks the start of Lent.

Philippine bishops urge voters to reject 'corrupt' politicians in 2016

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MANILA, Philippines - The country's Catholic bishops urged voters to reject "notoriously corrupt" politicians running in next year's national elections in a pastoral letter sent to parishes.

Pope Francis greets a young man during a meeting with youth at the diocesan John Paul II Youth Center in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, June 6. The pope made a one-day visit to Bosnia-Herzegovina to encourage the minority Catholic community in the faith and to foster dialogue and peace in a nation still largely divided along ethnic lines.

Fight conflict, cruelty with tenderness, sacrifice, Pope tells Catholics

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SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina - Conflict and cruelty must be fought with tenderness, forgiveness and bearing Christ's cross, Pope Francis said.

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