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News/International

Pro-Russia protesters scuffle with the police at the regional government building in Donetsk, Ukraine, April 6. A Ukrainian Catholic bishop has warned his church could lose its legal status under Russian rule, and pledged to use “all possible means in th e international arena” to defend it.

Ukrainian Catholic bishops thank world for prayers during transition

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KIEV, Ukraine - Ukrainian Catholic bishops thanked people around the world for their prayers over the last six months and asked for continued prayers for peace in their country.

Pope Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople

Too early to confirm 2025 Orthodox-Catholic summit

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VATICAN CITY - A Vatican spokesman said it’s premature to suggest a gathering between Catholic and Orthodox faiths to mark the 1,700th anniversary of the first Church council held in Nicea in 325.

Franciscan Father Pierbattista Pizzaballa

Vatican tempers expectations for Israeli-Palestinian peace prayer

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VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis' June 8 meeting with the Israeli and Palestinian presidents will be a religious, not a political, occasion and should not raise hopes for immediate resumption of peace talks between the two nations, said the principal co-ordinator of the gathering.

British World War II veteran Frederick Glover poses for a photo June 5 as soldiers parachute down during D-Day commemoration ceremonies in Ranville, France. About 18 heads of state were to attend ceremonies bringing together 3,000 veterans along France's Normandy coast where Allied forces landed on June 6 , 1944 in a seaborne invasion that sped up the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II.

Pope remembers 'heavy sacrifice' of Allied forces on D-Day

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VATICAN CITY - People must continue to recognize the sacrifice of the Allied soldiers who liberated Europe from "Nazi barbarism," but also should not forget the German soldiers "dragged into this drama," Pope Francis said.

Archbishop Diarmuid Martin

Irish archbishop adds voice to those calling for investigation of septic tank burials

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Updated 06/09/14

LONDON - The Roman Catholic archbishop of Dublin, regarded as among the most influential church leaders in England and Ireland, has added his voice to those calling for an urgent inquiry into the discovery of nearly 800 babies and children buried in a septic tank at Tuam, a home for unwed mothers in western Ireland.

Jesuit Father Alexis Prem Kumar of India was kidnapped June 2 as he was leaving a school serving children recently returned to Afghanistan after living as refugees in Iran or Pakistan. He is pictured in an undated photo.

Afghan security arrests man in connection with Jesuit priest kidnapping

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ROME - Security forces in Afghanistan arrested a man in connection with the kidnapping of a Jesuit priest from India.

Archbishop Diarmuid Martin of Dublin

Ireland investigates report of babies buried at former religious home

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DUBLIN - The Irish government established a working group to address details emerging about Catholic-run, state-funded mother-and-baby homes and the burial of deceased children.

Fr. Eduardo Cordova Bautista, a priest in the Archdiocese of San Luis Potosi, has been stripped of his position by the Vatican and faces criminal charges in connection with alleged sexual abuse of a teenage boy.

In unusual step, Mexican priest accused of abuse faces criminal charges

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MEXICO CITY - A priest in north central Mexico has been stripped of his position by the Vatican and faces criminal charges in connection with alleged sexual abuse of a teenage boy.

U.K. moves a step closer to allowing three-parent babies

U.K. moves a step closer to allowing three-parent babies

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MANCHESTER, England - Great Britain moved a step closer to becoming the first country in the world to legalize technologies that would lead to the creation of "designer babies" after a state regulatory agency declared that controversial procedures were not "unsafe."

A pool picture released by the Spanish Royal Household June 2 shows Spain’s King Juan Carlos delivering a speech to explain the reasons for his abdication on a TV broadcast after the abdication was announced by Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy.

Bishops pay tribute as king abdicates

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OXFORD, ENGLAND - King Juan Carlos of Spain received a tribute from the country’s bishops after he announced his decision to abdicate the throne in favour of his son.

Pope Francis arrives for an encounter with more than 50,000 Catholic charismatics at the Olympic Stadium in Rome June 1. The pope knelt onstage as the crowd prayed over him by singing and speaking in tongues. During the event the pope acknowledged he had once been uncomfortable with the charismatic movement.

Pope, at charismatic rally in stadium, invites them to Vatican in 2017

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ROME - Meeting more than 50,000 Catholic charismatics in Rome's Olympic Stadium, Pope Francis admitted he was not always comfortable with the way they prayed, but he knelt onstage as they prayed for him and over him by singing and speaking in tongues.

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