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News/International

Catholic pilgrims walk past shops selling souvenirs on Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem’s Old City.

Via Dolorosa pilgrims not troubled over exact route

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JERUSALEM - Several pilgrim groups gathered in a sunny courtyard in Jerusalem’s Old City. They were preparing to follow a tradition reaching back at least to the fifth century: walking along the Via Dolorosa, through the cobbled streets of Jerusalem’s Old City.

Demonstrators rally at Monument Circle in Indianapolis March 28 to protest a religious freedom bill signed in to law by Indiana Gov. Mike Pence. More than 2,000 people gathered at the state Capitol to protest Indiana's Religious Freedom Restoration Act b ecause they say it would promote discrimination against individuals based on sexual orientation.

Indiana bishops call for 'mutual respect' in 'necessary dialogue' on RFRA

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INDIANAPOLIS - Indiana's Catholic bishops April 1 urged people to show mutual respect for one another and allow "the necessary dialogue" to take place to make sure no one in the state will face discrimination, "whether it is for their sexual orientation or for living their religious beliefs."

Nigerians are seen packed in a van fleeing Mubi, Nigeria, following attacks in 2014. Nigeria's bishops criticized Boko Haram insurgents' use of children to commit crimes such as suicide bombings.

Holy See calls for international effort to end Boko Haram insurgency

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GENEVA - The Holy See's permanent observer to the United Nations in Geneva called on the international community to assist Nigeria and neighbouring countries to rid the region of Boko Haram insurgency.

Supporters of presidential candidate Muhammadu Buhari and his All Progressives Congress (APC) party celebrate in Kano on Tuesday (March 31, 2015). Three decades after seizing power in a military coup, Buhari became the first Nigerian to oust a president through the ballot box, putting him in charge of Africa’s biggest economy and one of its most turbulent democracies.

Can a Muslim president defeat Boko Haram? Nigerians are betting on it

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A northern Nigeria Muslim leader who promised to pursue a nonreligious agenda as president will now have to deal with an Islamic terrorist insurgency that has wreaked chaos in the country’s north.

Sister Helen Prejean, a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Medaille and death penalty abolition advocate, signed a statement with other Christian leaders to urge governors, prosecutors and judges to end the death penalty.

Christian leaders call for end to 'profound evil' of the death penalty

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WASHINGTON - Hundreds of Christian religious leaders of various churches signed onto a Holy Week call to end the death penalty in the United States.

Catholic, Orthodox and Muslim religious leaders meet for an interfaith summit in Bkerke, Lebanon, March 30. They affirmed the "essential role" of the Christian presence in the Middle East and called for terrorism in the region to be confronted culturally , educationally and politically.

Lebanon's religious leaders affirm Christianity's role in Middle East

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BEIRUT - Lebanon's Catholic, Orthodox and Muslim religious leaders affirmed the "essential role" of the Christian presence in the Middle East and called for terrorism in the region to be confronted "culturally, educationally and politically."

Syrian refugees are seen in Zaatari Camp in Jordan March 29.

Syrian refugees in Jordan cling to hope for peace so they can go home

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ZAATARI CAMP, Jordan - Abu Bilal, a slender man in his 40s, is surrounded by cages of bright yellow canaries merrily twittering.

Fr. Jesus Alberto Franco wears two bracelets as reminders of the marginalized Colombian people.

Priest advocates for peace in Colombia

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Nobody has shot at Fr. Jesus Alberto Franco since Feb. 13, 2013. But that doesn’t necessarily mean the situation in Colombia is getting better.

U.S. president Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama is expected to welcome Pope Francis to the White House on Sept. 23. They are pictured here with former pope Benedict XVI on July 10, 2009 at the Vatican.

President, first lady to welcome Pope Francis to White House Sept. 23

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WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama will welcome Pope Francis to the White House Sept. 23.

Guards surround the coffin of King Richard III as his remains lie in repose at Leicester Cathedral during the public viewing of his coffin in Leicester, England, March 23.

Richard III, Catholic king of England, reburied at Leicester Cathedral

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MANCHESTER, England - One of England's last Catholic kings was reburied three years after his skeleton was discovered in a coffin beneath a parking lot.

Faithful pray in front of the exposition of the Shroud of Turin in the Cathedral of Turin, Italy, March 30 2013. Pope Francis will visit Turin to venerate the shroud June 21-22.

Pope's visit to Turin will highlight shroud, young people, marginalized

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VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis will spend two days in Turin to venerate the Shroud of Turin; meet young people, workers, juvenile detainees, immigrants and the sick; and visit with his Italian relatives from northern Italy.

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