International News

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Pope's visit to Greece comes at time of fear, uncertainty for refugees

April 13, 2016

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis' trip to Lesbos, Greece, April 16 comes at a frightening and critical time for tens of thousands of refugees and migrants waiting and wondering where they will end up, said members of Catholic aid agencies.

Hope and frustration mark anniversary of Chibok kidnappings

April 13, 2016

Two years after the abduction of nearly 300 Chibok schoolgirls by Boko Haram militants in northeast Nigeria, some parents are still hoping their daughters will one day be rescued.

Highly religious people say they’re happier, too, survey finds

April 12, 2016

Look around. Three in 10 people you see claim they are pretty satisfied with life, happy, healthy and moral, too.

Syrian Christian families who fled to Europe begin to return home

April 12, 2016

VATICAN CITY – Hundreds of Christian families are returning to Sadad, Syria, more than two years after their city was overrun by terrorists, a local official said.

U.S. Catholic leaders visiting Iraq challenged to go home, work for peace

April 12, 2016

IRBIL, Iraq – A delegation of U.S. Catholic leaders visiting northern Iraq was challenged to go home and work for peace in the troubled region.

Defendant in 'VatiLeaks' trial denies giving documents to reporters

April 12, 2016

VATICAN CITY – The man who served as executive secretary of a commission Pope Francis established to study Vatican finances said he never gave documents of any kind to Italian journalists and, in fact, met the two reporters only when he and they entered a Vatican courtroom to face charges connected to the leaking of the documents.

Climate change action is not about taking jobs away, cardinal says

April 11, 2016

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis' call to action on climate change does not want to ruin any business, provoking job losses, but seeks to point humanity in the right direction in protecting the environment for future generations, a Vatican official said.

Religion must be key part of foreign policy, says Madeleine Albright

April 11, 2016

WASHINGTON – Madeleine Albright, former U.S. secretary of state, said she grew up in a generation that was taught to "keep God and religion as separate as possible from foreign policy."

Pope urges kidnappers to release captives, including Salesian in Yemen

April 11, 2016

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis appealed for the release of all people being held captive in the world's battle zones, including Salesian Father Thomas Uzhunnalil, who was abducted in Yemen.

Anti-Semitism, Christian persecution demand outcry, says dialogue group

April 7, 2016

VATICAN CITY - Members of the International Catholic-Jewish Liaison Committee said anti-Semitism was still thriving in the world and increasing Christian persecution demanded a stronger outcry.