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June 4, 2015

French Catholics want countries to quit buying oil from Islamic State

French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian offers his condolences to Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria, patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church, at the Coptic cathedral in Cairo in late February. Earlier in the month, Islamic State released a video of the killing of Egyptian Christians in Libya.

OXFORD, England - French Catholics have urged church support for a campaign to stop Western companies from buying oil from Islamic State, in effect funding the mass killing of Christians.

Published in International
May 26, 2015

South Sudan's church leaders: Much of country without governance

Residents displaced due to the recent fighting between government and rebel forces in Malakal, South Sudan, wait May 2 at a World Food Program outpost in Kuernyang Payam, where thousands have taken shelter.

JUBA, South Sudan - Human rights in South Sudan are abused "on the battlefield and in peaceful areas," and much of the country is without effective governance, church leaders said.

Published in International
April 30, 2015

Toronto's Ethiopians rally against Islamic State brutality

Ethiopian immigrants from the Christian, Orthodox, Protestant and Muslim faiths all gathered April 28 in Toronto’s Dundas Square to appeal to Canadians and the international community to do more to protect Ethiopian migrants in Yemen and South Africa.

TORONTO - Close to 1,000 Ethiopian immigrants — a mix of Orthodox, Protestant and Muslim — gathered in the late afternoon and evening of April 28 in Dundas Square to mourn together the death of two Ethiopian migrant workers murdered April 19 in Libya by Islamic State militants.

Published in Canada
March 9, 2015

Palliative care is true dying with dignity, Quebec bishop says

In this Sept. 7, 2012, file photo, family members watch over Leo King at his bedside at the Center for Compassionate Care in Pittsburgh. King, an 84-year-old urologist and veteran of World War II, died the following day with family at his side. Pictured is his sister Patricia King, left, and his wife, Jacqualin, right.

VATICAN CITY - Legalizing euthanasia risks undermining people's access to loving, holistic care as they face the natural end of their life, many experts at a Vatican conference said.

Published in Canada
February 17, 2015

Martyrs in Libya 'whispered' name of Jesus before death, bishop says

Egyptian Christians hold placards during a Feb. 16 protest in Cairo against what is said to be the killing of Coptic Christians by Islamic State militants in Libya. Egyptian jets bombed Islamic State targets in Libya Feb. 16, a day after the group there released a video showing what is said to be the beheading of 21 Egyptian Christians.

VATICAN CITY - The 21 Coptic Christians who were beheaded by Islamic State militants died as martyrs, invoking the name of Jesus, said an Egyptian Catholic bishop.

Published in International
February 17, 2015

Pope seeks prayers for Egyptians beheaded by Islamic State

Neighbors and friends of the relatives of Egyptian men said to be killed in Libya attend Mass at a church south of Cairo Feb. 16 and pray in front of a banner with pictures of the victims. Egyptian jets bombed Islamic State targets in Libya Feb. 16, a day after the group there released a video showing what is said to be the beheading of 21 Egyptian Christians.

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis called for prayers for the Egyptian Christians beheaded by Islamic State militants in Libya and asked that God recognize these men killed for their faith.

Published in International
February 17, 2015

Coptic Christians increasingly feel endangered in Libya and Egypt

A Coptic Christian woman cries during a prayer service at a church in Cairo May 8.

CAIRO - The gruesome video released by militants from the Islamic State showing the beheading of 21 Egyptian Copts in Libya has focused the world’s attention on the plight of Christians there and the government’s ability to respond.

Published in International
February 16, 2015

Pope Francis condemns Islamic State’s executions of Christians in Libya

Families of the 27 Egyptian Coptic Christians workers kidnapped in the Libyan city of Sirte, hold pictures of their kidnapped relatives in front of the U.N. office in Cairo January 19, 2015.

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis on Monday (Feb. 16) denounced the brutal slayings of 21 Coptic Christians in Libya by militants linked to the Islamic State, saying “they were assassinated just for being Christian.”

Published in International