International News

Cardinal says church shouldn't expect 'miracle' of peace in Holy Land

Justin McLellan · May 1, 2024

Sudden peace negotiations or an intervention by the United States will not deliver Israelis and Palestinians from the suffering caused by the war in Gaza, a Jerusalem-based cardinal said.

Artsakh’s Armenians: the forgotten refugee crisis

Armenians pick up the pieces after fleeing ancient homeland

Susan Korah · May 1, 2024

As April flowers burst into bloom on the mountain slopes and in the valleys Nagorno Karabakh, there are almost no Armenians there to celebrate the arrival of spring in their ancient homeland.

Pope Francis appoints first Catholic bishop with Anglican heritage for UK ordinariate

Jonathan Luxmoore, Peter Jesserer Smith · May 1, 2024

Catholics in the United Kingdom that are part of the personal ordinariate have welcomed Pope Francis' appointment of their first bishop -- and the first ordinariate bishop to hail from their Anglican heritage.

Ukrainian archbishop meets with military officials on missing priests, detained civilians

Gina Christian · April 30, 2024

The head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church recently met with Ukrainian military officials to discuss a range of issues, including Russia's detention of two Ukrainian Catholic priests whose fate remains unknown.

Kenyan archbishop appeals for humanitarian aid as floods devastate the country

Fredrick Nzwili · April 29, 2024

Amid severe floods, a leading Catholic archbishop in Kenya appealed for humanitarian support to aid thousands of displaced people, as he expressed the church's closeness to the affected populations.

As women, children starve, Sudan in desperate need of help, say Catholic aid workers

Tonny Onyuolo · April 29, 2024

Catholic agencies, along with other Christian charities in Sudan, have intensified their food distribution campaign across the country to save hundreds of thousands of suffering Sudanese people from extreme hunger as the civil war entered its second year.

Italian PM says Pope Francis will join G7 discussion on AI

Cindy Wooden · April 29, 2024

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announced that Pope Francis would participate in a G7 "outreach" discussion on artificial intelligence when the leaders of the world's leading industrialized nations countries meet in southern Italy in mid-June.

Pope Francis calls for peace in Gaza and Ukraine, laments plight of children in war in CBS interview

Lauretta Brown · April 25, 2024

Pope Francis sat down exclusively with "CBS Evening News" anchor Norah O'Donnell on April 24 for an interview ahead of the Vatican's inaugural World Children's Day. The CBS interview marks the first time a pope has given an in-depth, one-on-one interview to a U.S. broadcast network, according to the network.

Trump in pro-life ‘retreat,’ Pence says

Kate Scanlon · April 24, 2024

Former Vice President Mike Pence argued his ex-running mate, former President Donald Trump, betrayed the pro-life movement by stating his opposition to implementing federal abortion restrictions should he be elected to another term in 2024.

Homeless policy before U.S. Supreme Court

Kate Scanlon · April 24, 2024

The Supreme Court on April 22 heard a case concerning the constitutionality of local laws that ban public camping and their impact on people who are homeless.