International News

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Kenya’s Catholic Church to fight hunger by farming its vast land reserves

March 11, 2015

NAIROBI, Kenya - Drying livestock carcasses and anguished faces of hungry women and children have become a common feature here as droughts increase due to climate change.

Catholics urged to support Middle East Christians on Good Friday

March 10, 2015

VATICAN CITY - Iraqi and Syrian refugees who have fled persecution in their homelands and the Palestinian Christians struggling to survive in the land of Jesus deserve the prayers and material support of Catholics around the globe, a Vatican official said.

In El Salvador, vandals damage statue of Archbishop Romero -- again

March 10, 2015

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador - Vandals have damaged a prominent statue of slain Archbishop Oscar Romero, recently declared a martyr.

As Islamic State steps up attacks, Christian leaders call for help

March 9, 2015

AMMAN, Jordan - Christian leaders again called for help for Assyrian Christians as Islamic State militants stepped up their attacks against their towns in northern Syria.

Investigation of stolen Michelangelo notes underway after ransom demand

March 9, 2015

VATICAN CITY - A top Vatican official received a ransom demand for the return of Renaissance-era documents by the artist Michelangelo.

Knights of Columbus send in humanitarian aid to Ukraine's Catholics

March 9, 2015

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - The Knights of Columbus is providing $400,000 to relief programs sponsored by the Catholic Church in Ukraine.

Vatican official to U.N. council: No one is exempt from climate change

March 9, 2015

GENEVA - No one is exempt from either the impacts of climate change or the moral responsibility to act to address this global concern, a Vatican official told members of the U.N. Human Rights Council.

Holy See representative urges all states to abolish death penalty

March 6, 2015

VATICAN CITY - The Catholic Church firmly opposes the death penalty and urges all states to move toward its abolition, said the Vatican's permanent observer to United Nations agencies in Geneva.

Cardinal Edward Egan, former New York archbishop, dies at 82

March 6, 2015

NEW YORK - Cardinal Edward Egan, who served as archbishop of New York through the trauma of the 9/11 terror attacks and the clergy sex abuse scandal but was best known for administrative acumen that helped solidify the finances of the sprawling archdiocese, died March 5. He was 82.

Poll: Pope Francis nearly as popular as St. John Paul II among U.S. Catholics

March 5, 2015

WASHINGTON - Everyone has a high opinion of Pope Francis. Well, almost everyone.