International News

News from outside of Canada.

U.K. moves a step closer to allowing three-parent babies

June 4, 2014

MANCHESTER, England - Great Britain moved a step closer to becoming the first country in the world to legalize technologies that would lead to the creation of "designer babies" after a state regulatory agency declared that controversial procedures were not "unsafe."

Bishops pay tribute as king abdicates

June 3, 2014

OXFORD, ENGLAND - King Juan Carlos of Spain received a tribute from the country’s bishops after he announced his decision to abdicate the throne in favour of his son.

Pope, at charismatic rally in stadium, invites them to Vatican in 2017

June 2, 2014

ROME - Meeting more than 50,000 Catholic charismatics in Rome's Olympic Stadium, Pope Francis admitted he was not always comfortable with the way they prayed, but he knelt onstage as they prayed for him and over him by singing and speaking in tongues.

Kidnapped Canadian nun freed in Cameroon

June 2, 2014

A Canadian missionary nun taken hostage with two Italian priests in Cameroon has been freed.

Ahead of the World Cup, Brazil’s churches work to protect children from sex abuse

June 1, 2014

RIO DE JANEIRO - As Brazil counts down to the opening of the World Cup on June 12, churches in cities hosting the international soccer tournament are not content to sit on the sidelines and cheer.

Church in Central African Republic wants more protection from peacekeepers after attack

June 1, 2014

OXFORD, England - The Catholic Church in the Central African Republic pleaded for firmer action by United Nations-backed peacekeepers after an attack on a Bangui church left the parish priest and at least 14 worshippers dead.

Rolling Stones’ first Israeli concert delayed to accommodate religious fans

June 1, 2014

The Rolling Stones will begin their first concert in Israel 45 minutes later than originally scheduled to accommodate religious Jewish fans.

UN Secretary General calls on world to follow Canada's lead

May 31, 2014

TORONTO - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has a personal connection to the issue of maternal and child health. He had two siblings die as infants, he revealed on the closing day of the Saving Every Woman, Every Child: Within Arm's Reach summit in Toronto.

Atheists lose latest legal fight over ‘In God We Trust’

May 31, 2014

Atheists lost their case against the “In God We Trust” motto on the United States' currency May 28.

Pope decries 'globalization of indifference' to war, suffering in Syria

May 30, 2014

VATICAN CITY - A "globalization of indifference" has taken hold of too many of the world's people, numbing them to the horrifying reality faced by the people of Syria and other innocent victims of war and violence around the world, Pope Francis said.