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News/International

Barbie as the Virgin Mary? Ken as Jesus?

Barbie as the Virgin Mary? Ken as Jesus?

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ROME - Barbie has had a number of careers in her 55 years — flight attendant, veterinarian, astronaut, even president. Her latest role, however, is raising eyebrows.

Men navigate in search of plastic containers to pick out of the polluted waters of the Tiete River in Santana do Parnaiba, Brazil. In a statement during the UN Climate Summit, Cardinal Pietro Parolin observed that "warming of the climate system is unequivocal. It is a very serious problem which ... has grave consequences for the most vulnerable sectors of society and, clearly, for future generations."

Vatican official calls for shared responsibility in protecting planet

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UNITED NATIONS - A sense of "shared responsibility to protect our planet and the human family" must influence how nations react to the reality of climate change, the Vatican's secretary of state told the United Nations Sept. 23.

Will Catholic bishops annul Pope Francis’ marriage reform initiative?

Will Catholic bishops annul Pope Francis’ marriage reform initiative?

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VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis has appointed a special commission to look at ways to make it easier for Roman Catholics to dissolve their marriages in the eyes of the Church.

Pope Francis arrives in procession to celebrate Mass in Mother Teresa Square in Tirana, Albania, Sept. 21.

Survivors of Albania's dictatorship give witness, move pope to tears

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TIRANA, Albania - Two survivors of Albania's communist crackdown against the church brought Pope Francis tears with their stories during a vespers service in Tirana's cathedral Sept. 21.

Pope Francis celebrates Mass in Mother Teresa Square in Tirana, Albania, Sept. 21.

Don't use God as 'armor' for waging violence, Pope Francis says in Albania

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TIRANA, Albania - In a world "where an authentic religious spirit is being perverted and where religious differences are being distorted and exploited," Albania is an "aspiring example" to everyone that peaceful co-existence is possible, Pope Francis said during a one-day visit to the country Sept. 21.

Dejected supporters from the “Yes” Campaign walk through George Square in Glasgow, Scotland, early Sept. 19. Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond conceded defeat the same day over his bid to win independence and demanded the British government rapidly meet its promise of more powers for Edinburgh.

Time now for reconciliation, Scottish bishops say

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GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - Scotland’s Catholic bishops have urged reconciliation after a long and bruising campaign in which the Scottish people rejected independence in a Sept. 18 referendum.

Ibrahim Isaac Sidrak, Catholic Patriarch of Alexandria, is the religious leader of nearly one million Catholic Copts and an important voice among Egypt’s 10 million Christians.

Tradition, family up for grabs in Egypt

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Two revolutions and economic collapse, wars and revolutions raging just beyond every border, his people dispersed around the world, the Internet and mass media eroding old certainties — Ibrahim Isaac Sidrak has a tough job. 

Dejected supporters from the "Yes" Campaign walk through George Square in Glasgow, Scotland, early Sept. 19. Scotland's First Minister Alec Salmond conceded defeat the same day over his bid to win independence and demanded the British government rapidly meet its promise of more powers for Edinburgh.

Scot bishops hope Catholics join public debate after independence vote

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MANCHESTER, England - The Catholic bishops of Scotland said they accept the results of referendum in which Scot voters rejected independence.

The Rev. Ian Paisley, Northern Ireland’s former first minister and former Democratic Unionist Party leader, died Sept. 12 at age 88. He is pictured in a 2007 photo.

Paisley ultimately endorsed peace

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DUBLIN - Irish Cardinal Sean Brady has paid tribute to a controversial Protestant firebrand-turned-peacemaker who once heckled St. John Paul II as the “antichrist.”

Archbishop Bernardito Auza

Nuncio: World won't be more 'genuinely' human unless all work for peace

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NEW YORK - Peace is never achieved once and for all, but is the fruit of a daily quest for greater justice and respect for one another, the new papal nuncio to the United Nations said Sept. 15.

Hilda Simon prepares her granddaughter, Annie, 10, for school in 2011 at a village in Chikwawa, Malawi. With the highest levels of HIV prevalence globally, southern African countries have seen families torn apart by AIDS, with children left to raise youn ger siblings and sick children left in the care of elderly grandparents.

Southern Africa: AIDS has left families headed by kids, grandparents

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CAPE TOWN, South Africa - With the highest levels of HIV prevalence globally, southern African countries have seen families torn apart by AIDS, with children left to raise younger siblings and sick children left in the care of elderly grandparents.

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