International News

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Pope sets up committee to distribute aid in Ukraine

June 9, 2016

VATICAN CITY – After making a personal donation and asking Catholic parishes throughout Europe to take up a special collection for victims of the war in Eastern Ukraine, Pope Francis has set up a predominantly Ukrainian committee to distribute the funds and has asked that they go to projects suggested first of all by the assemblies of Ukraine's religious leaders.

Pakistan parish boosts security, including armed guards, after attack

June 9, 2016

LAHORE, Pakistan – Christians in Lahore are ramping up security measures following a shooting at a Catholic church in the Punjab capital.

Chesterton conference confronts challenge of modern-day eugenics

June 9, 2016

ROME – The eugenics mentality that affirms some human lives are worth more than others did not end with the Nazis, but continues in modern times through abortion and the promotion of contraception, especially in the Third World, said a U.S.-based historian and author.

California’s End of Life Option law: More peaceful deaths or moral quicksand?

June 7, 2016

Somewhere in California on Thursday, June 9, a gravely ill person may lift a glass and drink a lethal slurry of pulverized prescription pills dissolved in water.

Pope Francis puts Guam archbishop accused of sex abuse on leave

June 7, 2016

Mounting accusations of sexual abuse against the archbishop of Guam have prompted Pope Francis to name a Vatican official to oversee the Catholic Church on the Pacific island territory while the charges are investigated.

Ali known not just for prowess in ring but also for faith, generosity

June 6, 2016

PHOENIX – Muhammad Ali leaves an indelible mark on the world not only as a fighter and athlete but as a man of faith, courage and generosity.

When Harry 'met' Harry, years apart, under a New Orleans bridge

June 5, 2016

NEW ORLEANS – It didn't start out as a Father's Day present, but now the tables were turned.

Anti-Semitism among refugees a quandary for Germany

June 4, 2016

While many countries in Europe have sealed their borders to refugees, Germany has done the opposite. Last year, the country registered more than one million asylum seekers, including 425,000 from ravaged Syria.

Mass, block party mark 25th anniversary celebration of Sisters of Life

June 2, 2016

NEW YORK – It was hardly a typical New York City summer street fair.

Bishop says 'Brexit' could lead to loss of funds for aid agencies

June 2, 2016

MANCHESTER, England – European funding for Catholic aid agencies based in the U.K. could be withdrawn if the British people vote to leave the EU in late June, said an English bishop.