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News/International

Police tape and vehicles are seen outside Mater Misericordiae (Mother of Mercy) Mission in Phoenix the morning after a priest was killed and another critically injured during an attack at the mission the night of June 11. Sgt. Steve Martos of the Phoenix Police Department said police received a 911 call at about 9 p.m. reporting a burglary.

Phoenix police arrest suspect in violent attack on two Catholic priests

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PHOENIX - Police in Phoenix have arrested a suspect in the violent assault on a downtown church that took the life of one priest and left a second priest critically injured.

This handout photo courtesy of the office of U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, shows unaccompanied migrant children at a Department of Health and Human Services facility in south Texas. Many undocumented minors coming across the U.S. border claim they ar e escaping gang violence in their home countries.

World must help unaccompanied minors fleeing violence, official says

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VATICAN CITY - On rickety boats crossing the Mediterranean Sea or on trains through Mexico or desert paths crossing the U.S.-Mexican border, a huge increase in the number of children traveling alone to flee war or violence calls for urgent action by the international community, a Vatican official said.

Survey: Many don’t want atheist in-laws

Survey: Many don’t want atheist in-laws

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Brace yourself for family backlash if you plan to marry an atheist.

Iraqi refugees are seen in a camp near the northern city of Irbil June 12. Hundreds of thousands of people who have fled their homes in Mosul are left without access to aid, officials said. Christians from the city say they were targeted long before Iraq i security forces abandoned the major political and economic hub.

Christians from Mosul say they have been targeted for months

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AMMAN, Jordan - The fall of Mosul, Iraq's second-largest city, to Islamist militants in early June sent half a million residents scurrying for safety, but Christians from the city say they were targeted long before Iraqi security forces abandoned the major political and economic hub.

Fr. Kenneth Walker, centre, died of a gunshot wound in a June 11 attack.

Priest killed at Phoenix church was a grad of Our Lady Seat of Wisdom

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PHOENIX - An attack at a downtown Phoenix church left one priest dead and another critically wounded.

Young Brazilian fans pose for a photo outside the Arena Corinthians stadium in Sao Paulo June 11. At the Vatican, Pope Francis told fans, players and organizers the World Cup should be a celebration of solidarity and peace.

Let the World Cup be a celebration of solidarity and peace, Pope says

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VATICAN CITY - As the World Cup was about to kick off, Pope Francis called on fans and competitors to celebrate the event as an opportunity to promote dialogue, respect and peace.

Brazilian bishops give government, World Cup organizers 'red card'

Brazilian bishops give government, World Cup organizers 'red card'

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SAO PAULO - The Brazilian bishops' conference has given the government and 2014 FIFA World Cup organizers a "red card" for putting the competition above the Brazilian people's basic needs.

Rio's Christ the Redeemer Statue glows green to help kickoff the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

At Christ the Redeemer, a light and sound display to welcome World Cup

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SAO PAULO - Hours before the kickoff of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, the statue of Christ the Redeemer, one of the main symbols of Brazil, was to welcome the 32 teams competing in the event with a special light and sound program.

Angelina Jolie, picture in a scene from the action-thriller "Salt,” co-chaired a panel which discussed the role clergy should play in preventing and responding to sexual violence as part of the three-day Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict.

At Angelina Jolie-chaired summit, faith leaders work to end sexual violence

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LONDON - Religious leaders from across Africa and England came together June 11 to discuss the role clergy should play in preventing and responding to sexual violence.

Nunzio Galantino is secretary-general of the Italian bishops’ conference.

Italy’s Catholic bishops denounce court ruling that OK’d sperm donors

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ROME - Italy’s Catholic bishops have condemned a court ruling that lifts a ban on married couples using sperm donors for artificial insemination, likening the move to playing God.

A member of the Iraqi security forces searches a man at a checkpoint in Baghdad June 11. Baghdad will cooperate with Kurdish forces to drive militants out of Mosul, the country's second-biggest city. Christians are among 500,000 fleeing Mosul after Islam ist forces seized it in early June.

Christians among 500,000 fleeing Mosul after Islamist forces seize city

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BEIRUT - Church leaders in northern Iraq struggled to find shelter for Christians who were among hundreds of thousands who fled Mosul, the country's second-largest city, after Islamist forces took over much of the town, a Chaldean Catholic archbishop said.

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