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News/International

Pope Francis leads the Angelus from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Sept. 13.

Pope takes message to global stage with UN address

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VATICAN CITY -- When he addresses, via video message, the UN General Assembly Sept. 21, Pope Francis is expected to speak about using the coronavirus crisis as an opportunity to re-think economic, political and environmental policies in a way that will benefit humanity and the Earth.

President Donald Trump and U.S. Attorney General William Barr.

Catholic award for attorney general ‘shocking’

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WASHINGTON -- The Association of U.S. Catholic Priests and the Catholic Mobilizing Network said they strongly object to an award the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast organizers plan to present to U.S. Attorney General William Barr during the annual breakfast, which is to be livestreamed Sept. 23 from Washington.

Archbishop Charles Scicluna.

New bill may stifle freedom of conscience, religion, Malta bishops warn

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ROME -- Catholic bishops in Malta said that while they support equality and are against discrimination, they are concerned that two new bills meant to protect people's rights would instead threaten personal freedoms.

People react during a protest against police actions in Bogota, Colombia, Sept. 13, 2020.

Colombian church leaders call for reconciliation, truth following protests

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BOGOTA, Colombia -- Bishops in Colombia prayed for the victims of police violence and urged protesters not to take justice into their own hands, following a chaotic week in which 13 people were killed during protests over law enforcement in the South American country.

A young woman is pictured in a file photo during confession. New laws passed by Queensland Parliament in Australia Sept. 8, 2020, mean religious institutions and their members are no longer able to use the seal of the confessional as a defense or excuse in child sex abuse matters.

New Australian law requires priests to break seal of confession

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BRISBANE, Australia -- A new law requires priests in the state of Queensland to break the seal of confession to report child sex abuse to police or face three years in jail.

A Lebanese demonstrator is pictured in a file photo gesturing at a soldier near Beirut during a protest against the collapsing Lebanese pound currency and price hikes.

'We need a miracle,' Lebanese nun says a month after Beirut blasts

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BEIRUT -- Sister Marie Justine el Osta had just begun a spiritual retreat in a mountain convent 27 miles north of Beirut. Even in that remote location, the blast that rocked Lebanon's capital Aug. 4 could be felt, like an earthquake.

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, with red sash, views the damage at Sacred Heart School near Beirut's port area Sept. 4, 2020, one month after the city suffered double blasts.

Visiting Lebanon, Cardinal Parolin emphasizes 'You are not alone'

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BEIRUT -- Bringing a message of hope to Lebanon, a month after a double blast struck Beirut, Pope Francis' closest collaborator assured the Lebanese: "You are not alone. The whole world supports you."

Asia Bibi -- the Pakistani Catholic woman who spent nearly a decade on death row after she was falsely accused of blasphemy -- is pictured in Paris Feb. 26, 2020. Human rights activists were shocked after Bibi dissociated herself from her autobiography, due out later in September.

Activists shocked after Asia Bibi disowns autobiography

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LAHORE, Pakistan -- Human rights activists were shocked after Asia Bibi dissociated herself from her autobiography, due out later in September.

Opposition supporters take part in a rally against election results in Minsk, Belarus, Aug. 30.

Belarus archbishop warns of civil war

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WARSAW, Poland -- The president of the Belarusian bishops’ conference has been barred from re-entering his country from abroad, after warning in a pastoral letter that the nation’s worsening crisis could spill into civil war.

Pope Francis.

Pope’s reforms meet ‘active resistance’ in U.S.

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WASHINGTON -- Pope Francis’ efforts to bring reform in the Catholic Church are meeting resistance in some Church circles, according to one panelist at an Aug. 31 online forum sponsored by Georgetown University’s Office of the Vice President for Global Engagement.

Demonstrators hold a giant rainbow flag during a protest against hatred toward LGBT people in Warsaw, Poland, Aug. 30, 2020.

Polish bishops reiterate church teaching on LGBT, gender ideology

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WARSAW, Poland -- Poland's bishops called on Catholics to show respect for people connected with the LGBT movement, but urged them to resist LGBT calls for a "social and cultural transformation" in conflict with church teaching.

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