International News

News from outside of Canada.

Roof collapse at Mexican church kills 10 during baptism celebration

October 2, 2023

A roof collapsed during Mass in a Mexican church, claiming at least 10 lives as Catholic leaders offered prayers for the dead and injured, and Mexican society expressed sorrow over the tragedy.

Artsakh burns while Western leaders fiddle

September 22, 2023

In the pre-dawn hours of yet another tranquil Ottawa morning — Sept. 19 — my cell phone buzzed. With a sense of foreboding and apprehension I speed-read the message that popped up.

Tennis champ praying, not ‘taking it all in’

September 21, 2023

After 19-year-old Coco Gauff won her first Grand Slam title at the women’s tennis championship in the U.S. Open on Sept. 9, she dropped to her knees, put her elbows on the bench, clasped her hands and brought them to her forehead with her eyes closed.

Catholic bishop hopes 'history will not repeat itself' after ceasefire in Armenian enclave

September 20, 2023

An Armenian Catholic bishop told OSV News he hopes that "history will not repeat itself" following a Sept. 20 ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh.

Russian drones destroy Caritas warehouse in overnight Ukraine attack, killing one

September 20, 2023

A Russian aerial attack on the western Ukrainian city of Lviv has killed one and destroyed a warehouse belonging to Caritas-Spes, the Roman Catholic mission of Caritas in Ukraine.

Vatican astronomer helps NASA in historic mission to study asteroid

September 18, 2023

Jesuit Brother Bob Macke, a Vatican astronomer and meteorite expert, has built a custom device for studying material from the first U.S. mission to collect a sample from an asteroid.

After Beijing meeting, Pope Francis' envoy to return to Moscow, Russian official says

September 15, 2023

After meeting with a Chinese official in Beijing to discuss paths toward peace in Ukraine and ensuring grain exports from the country, Pope Francis' special envoy is expected to return to Moscow, Russia's foreign minister said.

Seminarian is burned to death in Nigeria in endless cycle of violence against Christians

September 13, 2023

In an endless cycle of violence against Christians in Nigeria, seminarian Na’Aman Danlami Stephen of the Diocese of Kafanchan was burned to death on Sept. 7 when a terrorist group called Fulani herdsmen attacked the rectory at St. Raphael Church in Fadan Kamantan.

UK teenager wants to fight for her life, but court denies her wish

September 11, 2023

A Catholic bioethics institute has criticized a court for denying an "alert and conscious" teenager the legal right to fight a move to put her on end-of-life care against her will.

Armenian Catholic Church calls for prayers to stop genocide

September 7, 2023

Local Canadian Armenians with loved ones in the land-locked territory of Artsakh, are rallying to galvanize the international community over what experts, activists and residents identify as an unfolding genocide.