International News

News from outside of Canada.

Church conference calls for treaty to assure peace on Korean peninsula

June 9, 2017

SEOUL, South Korea – A peace treaty is needed to replace the 64-year truce between North Korea and South Korea, ending a situation where the two countries remain technically at war, speakers at a symposium organized by the South Korean bishops said.

Pope, Panama bishops discuss World Youth Day, gender theory

June 8, 2017

VATICAN CITY – Preparations for World Youth Day 2018 and the dangers of gender theory on marriage and the family were among the major themes that bishops from Panama discussed with Pope Francis.

Spanish victim of London Bridge attack recalled for commitment to justice

June 8, 2017

MANCHESTER, England – The Spanish government paid tribute to a Catholic man stabbed to death as he used his skateboard to try to defend a woman from a knife-wielding terrorist in London.

Amid nation's crisis, Venezuelan bishops meet Pope Francis

June 8, 2017

VATICAN CITY – After meeting Pope Francis and seeing how moved he was by their description of the crisis gripping Venezuela, the leaders of the country's bishops' conference said they hoped the Pope would help draw the world's attention to the suffering of their people.

Delaware legislature votes to drop restrictions on abortion

June 8, 2017

DOVER, Del. – In Delaware, lawmakers’ vote to pass a bill that would strike down almost all remaining abortion restrictions drew strong criticism from pro-life advocates, who warned it would provide safe harbor for Kermit Gosnell-style abortionists

Denmark repeals blasphemy law, Canada considers the same

June 8, 2017

COPENHAGEN, Denmark – The Danish parliament has repealed an anti-blasphemy law at a time when such laws are still used around the world.

Desecration of Philippines cathedral by militants draws wide condemnation

June 7, 2017

MANILA, Philippines – Muslim religious and political leaders in the Philippines have joined in the barrage of condemnation of the desecration of a Catholic cathedral by terrorist gunmen in the besieged city of Marawi.

Irish bishops praise supreme court ruling recognizing the dignity of work

June 7, 2017

DUBLIN, Ireland – Ireland's Catholic bishops have praised a Supreme Court decision in the country that will allow asylum seekers to find work while their status is being decided.

Questions surround Cameroonian bishop's reported suicide

June 7, 2017

OXFORD, England – Catholic leaders in Cameroon have urged prayers for one of the African country's bishops, whose remains were pulled from a river June 2, three days after his apparent suicide.

Kenyan court orders Catholic bishops to pay Muslim restaurant owner $125,000

June 7, 2017

NAIROBI, Kenya – The Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops has been ordered to pay a Somali Muslim restaurant owner 13 million Kenyan shillings ($125,000) for breach of contract and discrimination along ethnic and religious lines.