International News

News from outside of Canada.

Trump visits Catholic school in Florida to show school choice support

March 3, 2017

ORLANDO, Fla. – President Donald Trump visited St. Andrew Catholic School in Orlando March 3 to show his support for school choice.

U.S. bishops' stances vary on sanctuary for immigrants facing deportation

March 3, 2017

WASHINGTON – The bishop of Sacramento, California, said Catholic churches in the diocese could offer sanctuary to immigrants facing deportation, while the archbishop of Washington cautioned that offering sanctuary does not legally guarantee protection if federal agents come calling.

Egyptian priest praises Muslim support of threatened Christians

March 3, 2017

OXFORD, England – A spokesman for Egypt's Catholic Church praised local Muslims for helping embattled Christians after a series of Islamic State attacks in Sinai.

Irish commission finds human remains at former church-run home

March 3, 2017

DUBLIN – The commission set up to investigate the treatment of unmarried mothers and their babies in Irish care homes during the 20th century says it has found "significant" human remains at the site of a former home in western Ireland.

Europe will be 'adrift' if it loses Christian roots, faith leaders warn

March 3, 2017

PARIS, France – Catholic and Orthodox leaders in a joint statement urged Europeans to remember their Christian roots, and to return to them during this time of “widespread concern for (the) future” of Europe.

Chapel in New Jersey shopping mall closes after 47 years

March 3, 2017

PATERSON, N.J. – A Catholic chapel that has served a New Jersey shopping mall since 1970 has closed its doors.

Dutch church leaders speak out against "exploitation of Christianity" by populist politicians

March 2, 2017

AMSTERDAM – Dutch church leaders have signed a petition against the "exploitation of Christianity" by populist politicians in upcoming parliamentary elections, as the Catholic bishops' conference urged voters to back parties "contributing to the common good."

Prayers planned for Salesian kidnapped in Yemen last March

March 2, 2017

BANGALORE, India – The Salesians have organized a special prayer meeting to mark the one-year anniversary of the kidnapping of Indian Salesian Father Tom Uzhunnalil.

After Trump’s address to Congress, pro-lifers stress protections in health care

March 2, 2017

WASHINGTON – After President Donald Trump addressed a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, pro-life leaders wished he had spoken more to their concerns of federal abortion funding in health care.

Violence in Democratic Republic of Congo leaves Toronto Catholics reeling

March 1, 2017

Congolese Catholics in Toronto are in shock as they learn about politically-motivated attacks on Catholic churches and schools in their majority-Catholic homeland.