News from outside of Canada.
David Agren · July 15, 2024
The presidency of the Peru bishops' conference has distanced itself from an episcopal commission's dire warnings on democracy.
Maria Wiering · July 15, 2024
Catholic and civic leaders called for peace and unity in the hours after former President Donald Trump was grazed by a bullet and a spectator was killed July 13 in an assassination attempt during the presumptive Republican presidential nominee's campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
Kate Scanlon · July 15, 2024
Former President Donald Trump on July 15 named Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance, a Catholic, as his running mate on the Republican ticket in November.
Gina Christian · July 10, 2024
Russian forces have driven out all Greek and Roman Catholic clergy from the occupied areas of Ukraine, said the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.
Gina Christian · July 8, 2024
A July 8 attack by Russia on a children's hospital and other civilian targets throughout Ukraine is "a sin that cries out to heaven for revenge," said the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.
OSV News · July 8, 2024
The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem issued a strong condemnation after four people, including a senior Hamas official, were killed in a reported Israeli military attack at a Catholic school in Gaza.
After a landslide victory for Labour party in July 4 elections in the United Kingdom, Prime Minister Keir Starmer moved into 10 Downing Street and was congratulated by Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster, who offered his prayers as the Labour leader forms a new government.
Carol Glatz · July 8, 2024
Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, former nuncio to the United States, has been excommunicated after being found guilty of schism, the Vatican said.
Kate Scanlon · July 2, 2024
A state judge July 2 denied Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's effort to shut down Annunciation House in El Paso, Texas, a Catholic nonprofit serving migrants.
Justin McLellan · July 2, 2024
Pope Francis prayed in thanksgiving for the release of two Ukrainian Catholic priests who were held in Russian captivity for more than 19 months, calling on Christians to pray for the release of all prisoners of war.
