International News

No Jubilee year if Holy Land still bleeding

Junno Arocho Esteves · October 9, 2024

Without a ceasefire, the upcoming Jubilee year in Rome will be marred by the suffering and bloodshed in the Holy Land, Palestine's ambassador to the Holy See said.

Medjugorje bears 'spiritual fruits'

It’s not ‘supernatural,’ however, dicastery says

Quinton Amundson · October 6, 2024

Sally Fong is among the thousands upon thousands who say they have received blessings and witnessed dramatic change in others from a pilgrimage to Medjugorge.

‘Wall of silence’ on Christian persecution must fall

Quinton Amundson · October 5, 2024

Dr. Tristan Azbej came to Ottawa determined to recruit allies in the mission to support oppressed followers of Christ around the world.

France mourns Catholic university student murdered by repeat migrant offender

Caroline de Sury · October 1, 2024

It felt as if the whole country mourned and wept as family, friends and 3,000 other people packed the St. Louis Cathedral in Versailles Sept. 27 to say goodbye to 19-year-old student Philippine de Carlan, who was found murdered in Bois de Boulogne, or the Boulogne Forest, in Paris Sept. 21.

Relief efforts underway in western North Carolina; flooding caused by Helene devastates region

Catholic News Herald, OSV News · September 30, 2024

Relief efforts are under way to help communities across western North Carolina reeling from the impacts of Tropical Storm Helene.

'Catastrophic' situation faces Lebanon, says U.N. rep

Dale Gavlak · September 30, 2024

Hezbollah's central headquarters in Beirut's southern suburbs were struck multiple times Sept. 27 by Israeli missiles, shaking the Lebanese capital. The next day Iran-backed Hezbollah confirmed the military organization's leader Hassan Nasrallah died in the strike.

'Disappointed' Cardinal Dolan holds out hope Harris will join Trump at the Al Smith dinner

OSV News · September 24, 2024

Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York said he is "disappointed" that Vice President Kamala Harris will not attend the Al Smith charity dinner Oct. 17, a New York Catholic charities fundraiser that has become a staple for presidential nominees in election years.

Caritas 'shocked' by murder of director in Democratic Republic of Congo

Junno Arocho Esteves · September 24, 2024

The director of Caritas in Congo was shot and killed by an armed militant group while approaching a roadblock, Caritas Internationalis announced.

War, economic crisis threaten Lebanon’s Catholic schools

Mainstay of education system threatened by multi-pronged crisis

Susan Korah · September 21, 2024

A prolonged economic crisis, exacerbated by the spill-over effects of the war in Gaza, is causing an increasing number of Catholic schools, the mainstay of the education system in Lebanon, to close their doors, say officials of Catholic charities and educators battling to help these institutions to survive.

Caritas Luxembourg ends international projects after financial scandal

OSV News · September 20, 2024

Following a multimillion dollar fraud case at Luxembourg's Caritas, the church's aid organization has been forced to stop its international aid projects. Dozens of them will be halted in the most vulnerable regions of the world.