International News

News from outside of Canada.

Youngest Orlando shooting victim just graduated from Catholic high school

June 16, 2016

PHILADELPHIA – Akyra Murray, who just recently graduated from West Catholic Preparatory High School, was the youngest victim of the Orlando nightclub shooting June 12.

Nuncio praises progress made on HIV/AIDS, warns against complacency

June 16, 2016

Archbishop Bernardito Auza, the Vatican's permanent observer to the United Nations, applauded recent progress made around the world to end the AIDS epidemic and warned against complacency on efforts to end the disease.

European bishops urge expansion of EU role in peacebuilding

June 16, 2016

OXFORD, England – A commission of Catholic bishops has called on the European Union to more actively promote peace and reconciliation to ease tensions and conflicts on country borders.

Pan-Orthodox Council turns into cliffhanger over boycott threats

June 16, 2016

After a gap of over 1,200 years, including 55 years of preparation, the planned Holy and Great Council of the Eastern Orthodox churches has turned into a cliffhanger only days before it is set to open.

Florida Catholic Charities workers console, support victims’ families

June 15, 2016

ORLANDO, Fla. – Since the worst shooting attack in America occurred June 12, Catholic Charities of Central Florida has been working in the background to help victims, survivors and family members in whatever way possible.

Gordie Howe an animal on the ice, a saint off it

June 15, 2016

An amazing hockey player he may have been, but Gordie Howe’s greatest legacy will be that he was an even better human being, one who touched the lives of all of us and our families.

Anglican priest in Kenya joins lawsuit demanding greater rights for gays

June 14, 2016

NAIROBI, Kenya – An Anglican priest has joined two gay men and two lesbians in a suit against the state over discriminatory laws that they see as encroaching on the rights and freedoms of sexual minorities in the East African country.

Vigils commemorate the victims slaughtered in Orlando mass shooting

June 14, 2016

ORLANDO, Fla. – In Orlando and major cities around the United States and the world, people gathered June 13 to pay tribute to the 50 killed — including the gunman — and more than 50 injured in the shooting rampage in Orlando the previous day.

Gordie Howe was a true family man

June 14, 2016

DETROIT – He was Mr. Hockey, but he was also Mr. Family. That’s what Fr. J.J. Mech will take away from knowing Gordie Howe, the Detroit Red Wings hockey legend who passed away June 10 at the age of 88.

Bangladesh’s deadly attacks terrify its religious minorities

June 14, 2016

The killings of two Hindus, one Christian and the wife of an anti-terror official in Muslim-majority Bangladesh last week have left members of minority religious communities afraid for their lives and skeptical of the government’s ability to provide security.