International News

News from outside of Canada.

CNEWA celebrates 90 years of service to Eastern churches, humanitarian aid

March 14, 2017

NEW YORK – An "invisible" Catholic organization celebrated 90 years of quiet service to the poor in the Middle East, northeast Africa, India and Eastern Europe.

South Korean Catholics call for unity after removal of President Park Geun-hye

March 14, 2017

Catholics in South Korea called for unity following a unanimous ruling March 10 by the Constitutional Court to uphold the impeachment of now-former President Park Geun-hye.

The Church is the 'only functioning institution' in South Sudan

March 14, 2017

WASHISNGTON – Amid war and famine in South Sudan, the Catholic Church is still serving the most vulnerable even as the government has collapsed.

Attacks show Venezuelan government relations with Catholics deteriorating

March 13, 2017

CARACAS, Venezuela – A series of attacks and confrontations against Catholics in Venezuela has marked a renewed deterioration of relations between the church and the national government. Some church leaders have openly speculated that the events could form part of a broader, coordinated campaign.

First American martyr to be beatified in September

March 13, 2017

WASHINGTON – The Archdiocese of Oklahoma City announced that one its native sons, Father Stanley Rother, a North American priest who worked in Guatemala and was brutally murdered there in 1981, will be beatified Sept. 23 in Oklahoma.

Egypt's Christians set a standard of forgiveness, says U.K. Coptic Orthodox leader

March 13, 2017

WASHINGTON – Despite being victims of harassment and violence, Egypt’s Coptic Christians have set a standard of forgiveness that everyone should imitate, the leader of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the U.K. has said.

Orthodox Church debate over women deacons moves one step closer to reality

March 12, 2017

Kyriaki Karidoyanes FitzGerald was an 18-year-old theology student when a priest at Hellenic College Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School in Brookline, Mass., thrust a book into her hands. To her surprise, it was on ancient female deacons.

El Salvador hopes for a miracle and another saint-in-waiting

March 12, 2017

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador – El Salvador's Catholic Church circles swirl these days with news about a possible miracle attributed to the intercession of Blessed Oscar Romero, one that many hope will lead to his canonization.

Nuns team up with Caritas to help malnourished Venezuelan children

March 12, 2017

CARACAS, Venezuela – A year ago, Miledi Berdu and her husband, Robert Rodriguez, began skipping meals to keep their children fed as Venezuela's economic crisis continued. Rodriguez's salary as a welder in Caracas was not enough to cover soaring prices, and shortages made food expensive.

Meet the four-legged Franciscan 'friar'

March 12, 2017

COCHABAMBA, Bolivia – The newest member of St. Francis Monastery in Cochabamba, Bolivia, is furry and has four legs.