News from outside of Canada.
September 25, 2025
Over a century in the making, the Tower of Jesus Christ, designed by famed Spanish architect Antoni Gaudí, will soon crown the Basilica of the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, making it the tallest Catholic church in the world.
September 24, 2025
Clergy and religious along with lay Catholic faithful came out in droves at an anti-corruption rally in the Philippines capital of Manila Sept. 21 alongside tens of thousands of protesters.
The Church in Nigeria, ravaged by kidnappings of clergy, is mourning Fr. Mathew Eya, killed Sept. 19 as he was returning to his parish of St. Charles in Eha-Ndiagu, in Enugu state.
September 17, 2025
The pontifical charity Aid to the Church in Need expressed its "deep concern and solidarity" with the families of the victims of a brutal attack carried out on the night of Sept. 8-9 in Ntoyo in the area of St. Joseph of Manguredjipa Catholic Parish, which is in the Congolese province of North Kivu.
September 11, 2025
Catholic bishops and public officials are calling for prayer following the apparent assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who died after being shot Sept. 10 during an event at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah.
Pleas for peace and the dignity of every person from Catholic and United Nations leaders marked the United Nations Annual Prayer Service, held at the Church of the Holy Family in Manhattan.
September 10, 2025
Several Russian drones entered Polish airspace in the morning hours of Sept. 10, and were shot down by Polish military, with debris falling in eastern and central Poland.
September 9, 2025
The "whole situation" in the Middle East "is very serious," Pope Leo XIV told reporters after Israel launched an attack on Hamas leaders in Qatar.
September 5, 2025
As of Sept. 5, Open Doors International’s “Arise Africa” petition has garnered a striking 225,000 signatures, almost a quarter way to its goal in a groundswell of support for oppressed Christians in sub-Saharan Africa.
September 4, 2025
Pope Leo XIV expressed condolences to victims and their families after the derailment of Lisbon's historic funicular streetcar Elevador da Glória, which caused the death of over a dozen people.
