International News

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NCAA champs Villanova's strength is its humility, chaplain says

April 7, 2016

WASHINGTON – More than 70,000 people attended the NCAA men's basketball championship game at Houston's NRG Stadium April 4, but no one had a seat quite like Augustinian Father Rob Hagan.

At Vatican trial, former consultant denies leaking financial documents

April 7, 2016

VATICAN CITY – A former consultant to a pontifical commission vehemently denied giving private documents regarding the Vatican's financial reform to two journalists.

Saint's relics found in rubble of Syrian church destroyed by Islamic State

April 6, 2016

VATICAN CITY – The relics of Syrian St. Elian, which originally were thought to have been destroyed by members of the Islamic State militia, have been found amid the rubble of the desecrated Mar Elian Church in Qaryatain, Syria.

A majority of people in Scotland have no religion

April 5, 2016

CANTERBURY, England – More than half of the 5.4 million people living in Scotland have no religion, according to a survey published by Scottish Social Attitudes.

Skateboarding church creator rejects criticism

April 5, 2016

ROME – An artist who converted an abandoned church in Spain into an indoor skateboarding park is defending the project against critics who consider it an act of desecration.

Church urges nations, society to address ongoing issues related to drugs

April 4, 2016

Around the globe, a worldwide addiction to illicit drugs is fueling violence, human trafficking, a proliferation of guns, organized crime and terrorism, the Vatican has said.

Church leaders call for Zuma to do 'honourable thing' after South Africa court ruling

April 4, 2016

CAPE TOWN, South Africa - A prominent South African Jesuit called for President Jacob Zuma to resign after a court ruling that he violated the constitution in the $16-million remodeling his home.

Choosing a candidate? Heed Ten Commandments, says Philippine prelate

April 3, 2016

MANILA, Philippines - A Philippine archbishop is urging Catholics to heed the Ten Commandments before they head to the polls in May to vote for offices ranging from president to local village councillors.

Serra offers priests their day in the sun

April 3, 2016

God first taught humanity the importance of rest — when He created the universe, God rested on the seventh day and saw that it was all good.

Abortion-related measures signed into law in Indiana, Utah

April 1, 2016

INDIANAPOLIS - A new Indiana law that protects unborn children by banning abortions based on potential disabilities, gender and race "reflects the love that God has for everyone by affirming that every human life is sacred," Indianapolis Archbishop Joseph W. Tobin said.