International News

News from outside of Canada.

Javier Milei wins presidential elections in Argentina

David Agren · November 20, 2023

Upstart presidential candidate Javier Milei, who attacked Pope Francis as "filthy leftist," overwhelmingly won Argentina's presidential election on a radical libertarian platform of dollarizing the economy and shrinking the state in a country beset by recurring economic crises and triple-digit inflation.

Pope Francis returns Mater Ecclesiae Monastery to use by contemplative nuns

Cindy Wooden · November 13, 2023

Pope Francis has invited a community of Benedictine nuns from Argentina to move into the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery in the Vatican Gardens, renewing the building's purpose as home to a cloistered community of women dedicated to supporting the pope's ministry with their prayer.

Indi Gregory, British girl whose life support was halted by court, dies

OSV News · November 13, 2023

Indi Gregory, a British girl whose parents battled the British courts to have her life support extended, died at 1:45 a.m. U.K. time Nov. 13.

Bishop Strickland removed from diocese after accusing pope of backing 'attack on the sacred'

Maria Wiering, Peter Jesserer Smith · November 13, 2023

Pope Francis has "relieved" Bishop Joseph E. Strickland from the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Tyler, Texas, the Holy See Press Office announced Nov. 11. Simultaneously, Francis has appointed Bishop Joe S. Vásquez of Austin as apostolic administrator to oversee the diocese until a new bishop is appointed.

Italy's prime minister takes case of baby on life support to highest levels of diplomacy

OSV News · November 10, 2023

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has urgently written to Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice Alex Chalk of the United Kingdom calling for the two countries to officially collaborate on facilitating 8-month-old Indi Gregory's transfer to Rome under the Hague Convention.

Younger U.S. priests increasingly identify as theologically conservative, politically moderate, 'first responders' to abuse

Gina Christian · November 9, 2023

A closer look at the largest survey of U.S. Catholic priests in 50 years has revealed "a major shift in how priests view themselves and their priesthood," said researchers.

Cardinal denies work on changing conclave

Cindy Wooden · November 8, 2023

Cardinal Gianfranco Ghirlanda, a top advisor to Pope Francis on matters involving canon law, denied reports the Pope had asked him to draft revisions to the rules governing the preparations for electing a new pope.

‘Jobless and hopeless’: Latest fighting devastates Bethlehem’s tourist industry

OSV News · November 8, 2023

“I’ve never experienced anything like this before, never! It’s a war, not ‘like a war,’ it is a war,” said Rony Tabash, a member of a Christian family that has been in Bethlehem for generations, describing how the current conflict is directly impacting the Christian community in the West Bank.

Jordan's Christians cancel Christmas celebrations in solidarity with suffering Gaza

Dale Gavlak · November 7, 2023

Churches in Jordan are canceling Christmas celebrations in solidarity with Gaza as violence in the Palestinian enclave mounts.

Experts: All parties to labor disputes in health care make efforts to avoid patient harm

OSV News · November 6, 2023

The largest health care workers' strike in U.S. history recently ended, and more labor disputes in the industry could be ahead. Though the strike -- which included workers across several states -- raises questions about negative effects on patient care, Catholic labor advocates and medical ethicists say all parties to the labor disputes make plans to avoid harm.