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News/International

Vatican confirms Obama will visit Pope in March

Vatican confirms Obama will visit Pope in March

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VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis will meet with U.S. President Barack Obama at the Vatican March 27, the White House announced and the Vatican confirmed.

At start of peace talks, Pope calls for urgent end to violence in Syria

At start of peace talks, Pope calls for urgent end to violence in Syria

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VATICAN CITY - As world leaders gathered in the hopes of finding a peaceful solution to Syria's three-year-long brutal conflict, Pope Francis asked that they spare no effort in bringing an end to the violence.

A pro-European Union protester throws an object during clashes with Ukrainian riot police in Kiev, Ukraine, Jan. 19. Ukrainian Catholic Church leaders appealed for calm as violent protests escalated after a government crackdown.

Ukraine church urges return to peace amid spiraling street violence

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OXFORD, England - The head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church appealed for calm as violence worsened between police and pro-European Union demonstrators in Kiev, Ukraine.

yrian-born Melkite Catholic Patriarch Gregoire III Laham appealed for people to pray for the success of the Syrian peace conference set to start in Geneva Jan. 22

Patriarch calls for prayers for success of peace conference on Syria

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BEIRUT - The president of the Assembly of Catholic Hierarchs in Syria appealed for people to pray for the success of the Syrian peace conference set to start in Geneva Jan. 22.

Gatineau, Quebec Archbishop Paul-Andre Durocher, president of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, left, and Bishop Richard E. Pates of Des Moines, Iowa, chairman of the U.S. bishopsí Committee on International Justice and Peace, center, smile as they visit students at Schmidt's girls school in East Jerusalem Jan. 15. Bishop Pates, Archbishop Duroucher and other prelates from North America, Europe and Africa met with students during a solidarity trip to the Holy Land.

Bishops visiting Holy Land call for help for 'shocking scandal' in Gaza

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JERUSALEM - Bishops from North America, Europe and Africa called on international leaders to act immediately so people living in the Gaza Strip can have access to basic necessities.

Archbishop Silvano Tomasi, the Vatican observer at the United Nations in Geneva, is pictured in this photo dated March 8, 2013. On Jan. 16, the Vatican representative acknowledged the horror of clerical sexual abuse and insisted the Vatican was serious about protecting children.

Vatican representatives testify before UN committee looking at abuse

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VATICAN CITY - Testifying before the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, a Vatican representative acknowledged the horror of clerical sexual abuse and insisted the Vatican was serious about protecting children.

Toronto's Cardinal Thomas Collins is one of four cardinals Pope Francis has appointed to a five-person commission overseeing the Vatican bank.

Collins appointed to Vatican bank oversight commission

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Updated 01/16/14

VATICAN CITY - Toronto's Cardinal Thomas Collins is one of four cardinals Pope Francis has appointed to a five-person commission overseeing the Vatican bank.

Philippine figure skater Michael Christian Martinez performs in the 2013 Nebelhorn Trophy competition in Oberstdorf, Germany. Martinez, ranked fifth in the World Junior Figure Skating Championships, will be the first skater to represent the Philippines i n the Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, in February.

Filipino figure skater who can't always afford coach turns to prayer

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MANILA, Philippines - In the lobby of a luxury hotel, Michael Christian Martinez balanced on one leg and swung the other forward. The lanky 17-year-old was on the ball of his foot and looked like he was about to spring upward into the air.

Protesters stand in front of a cordon of riot police near Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine, dated Dec. 11, 2013.

Ukrainian Catholic Church accuses government of Soviet-era repression

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KIEV, Ukraine - The Ukrainian Catholic Church has accused the government of Soviet-style repression after it was threatened with new restrictions for backing demonstrators protesting the country's withdrawal from a deal with the European Union.

Members of the Knesset guard Jan. 12 carry the flag-draped coffin with the body of former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem, where he lay in state before his funeral. Sharon, who had been in a coma for eight years after he had a stroke at the height of his power, died Jan. 11 at age 85.

Mideast Catholic leaders give mixed reactions after death of Sharon

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JERUSALEM - Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, a controversial figure in Israel and abroad, died Jan. 11 after being in a coma following a stroke eight years ago. He was laid to rest at his Negev farm Jan. 13.

Two Tamil bishops in Sri Lanka joined a call for an independent inquiry into reported war crimes in the closing stages of the protracted ethnic war in the Indian Ocean island nation in 2009.

Tamil bishops seek inquiry into final stages of Sri Lanka's ethnic war

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BANGALORE, India - Two Tamil bishops in Sri Lanka joined a call for an independent inquiry into reported war crimes in the closing stages of the protracted ethnic war in the Indian Ocean island nation in 2009.

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