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News/International

Archbishop Vincent Nichols of Westminster pictured in a 2010 photo.

British bishops: Despite law, church can't accept gay marriage

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LONDON - The legalization of gay marriage cannot change Christian teaching on sexual morality, and the Catholic Church cannot accept marriages of same-sex couples, the bishops of England and Wales said in a document that was to be distributed in parishes July 27-28.

Pope Francis has 7.2 million followers spread across nine different language accounts.

Pope is most influential, second most-followed world leader on Twitter

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VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis is the most influential world leader on Twitter, with the highest number of retweets worldwide.

A Free Syrian Army fighter carries his weapon as he runs to take cover in Aleppo's Salaheddine neighborhood July 23. Archbishop Francis A. Chullikatt, papal nuncio to the United Nations, criticized the "persistent refusal" of Syria's warring factions to negotiate an end to the country's 28-month-long civil war.

Nuncio criticizes both sides in Syrian conflict for not ending crisis

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UNITED NATIONS - The papal nuncio to the United Nations criticized the "persistent refusal" of Syria's warring factions to negotiate an end to the country's 28-month-long civil war.

A man walks past the Red River Women's Clinic July 2 in Fargo, N.D. A federal judge July 22 temporarily blocked North Dakota's new abortion law, which bans ending a pregnancy once a fetal heartbeat can be detected, which can be as early as six weeks. Th e ruling was in response to a lawsuit filed by Red River Women's Clinic, the only abortion clinic in the state.

Federal judge stops enforcement of North Dakota fetal heartbeat law

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BISMARCK, N.D. - A U.S. federal judge's temporary injunction stopping enforcement of a new North Dakota law barring abortion when a fetal heartbeat is detected "is not surprising and is typical in most legal challenges to pro-life laws," said the North Dakota Catholic Conference.

View of the Century 16 theater in Aurora, Colo., where a gunman killed at least a dozen people and injured many more during a midnight showing of the Batman movie "The Dark Knight Rises" July 20, 2012. One year after the shooting, victims' families still mourn for those lost.

Turn to Christ for comfort, archbishop tells theatre shooting victims

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AURORA, Colo. - One year after the Aurora theatre shooting, victims' families still ached for those lost.

Britain's Prince William and his wife Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, appear with their newborn son outside St. Mary's Hospital in London July 23. The birth of the royal prince is a "source of joy" for people all over the world, said Archbishop Vincent Nich ols of Westminster.

English archbishop calls birth of prince 'source of joy' for world

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MANCHESTER, England - The birth of the royal prince is a "source of joy" for people around the world, said the president of the English and Welsh bishops' conference.

Women pray during a July 15 service at the New Life Word Center Church in Sanford, Fla., led by a coalition of local ministers in an effort to move the community past the George Zimmerman murder trial and verdict. After Zimmerman's July 13 acquittal in t he Trayvon Martin murder trial in Sanford, attention has now turned to how churches and communities can help heal the societal wounds of racism.

After acquittal, attention now on how to heal societal wounds of racism

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WASHINGTON - Despite weeks of testimony and evidence and 17 months of national debate about what factors led to the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Fla., at the end of the trial July 13, it became apparent that broader issues would not go away with the verdict of acquittal.

Archbishop Vincent Nichols of Westminster pictured in 2010 photo

British archbishops call new same-sex marriage law 'watershed'

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MANCHESTER, England - Britain's two leading archbishops said the new same-sex marriage law represented "a watershed in English law and heralds a profound social change."

A pro-life supporter holds a placard as protesters line the railing on the second floor of the rotunda of the State Capitol in Austin, Texas, July 12 as the state Senate considers a bill to restrict abortion. The Republican-led Senate the measure to adop tougher abortion regulations July 13. (CNS photo/Mike Stone, Reuters)

Texas stiffens abortion restrictions; pro-lifers rally to support bill 

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AUSTIN, Texas- The drama in Texas over abortion that drew national and international attention came to an end for the moment after the state House of Representatives then the state Senate voted to adopt tougher abortion regulations.

Security guards stand in front of the entrance of the courthouse in Rome June 28. Msgr. Nunzio Scarano, who already was suspended from his Vatican accounting job while under investigation for money laundering, was arrested June 28 and charged with fraud, corruption and slander in a separate case.

Vatican court freezes bank accounts of arrested monsignor

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VATICAN CITY - The Vatican's criminal court has frozen the Vatican bank accounts of a monsignor arrested in Italy and has opened its own criminal investigation into how he used the accounts.

Giuseppe Dalla Torre, presiding judge of the Vatican City State court, speaks during a July 11 Vatican news conference concerning Pope Francis' Motu proprio on criminal law matters. Dalla Torre briefed the media on changes to the Vatican's criminal code approved July 11 by the pope.

United Nations demands Vatican action on sex abuse

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GENEVA - A United Nations' committee concerned with children's rights is requesting that the Vatican provide complete details about every accusation it has ever received of the sexual abuse of minors by clergy.

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