International News

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Questions persist after testing of ‘Jesus Wife’ papyrus

April 13, 2014

A year and a half after unveiling a slip of papyrus that she dubbed “The Gospel of Jesus’s Wife,” Harvard Bible scholar Karen King released the results of long-delayed testing on the controversial fragment that appear to show it is not a modern forgery.

Pope sends Passover greetings, asks prayers for Holy Land trip

April 13, 2014

VATICAN CITY - Offering Passover greetings to Rome's Jewish community, Pope Francis also asked for prayers for his upcoming trip to the Holy Land.

Francis apologizes for clerical sex abuse by priests

April 11, 2014

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis has apologized for the priests who have sexually abused children and promised tough sanctions against any perpetrators.

Couple who lost home to mudslide see God at work in community response

April 10, 2014

ARLINGTON, Wash. - Ron and Gail Thompson are grieving their neighbours who are lost or missing in the Oso mudslide, but faith and lots of love and prayers are helping them stay strong.

Pope Francis: Human trafficking is ‘a crime against humanity’

April 10, 2014

VATICAN CITY - Four women who were forced into sex slavery and later freed met April 10 with Pope Francis at an international conference on human trafficking held at the Vatican to combat what the pontiff called a “crime against humanity.”

Latest Catholic Mass translation not popular among U.S. clergy

April 10, 2014

A new translation of the Mass has been used in North America's Catholic parishes for less than three years, but there are signs that the language — often criticized as stilted and awkward — could be in for another edit.

Cardinal Emmanuel-Karim Delly, retired Chaldean patriarch, dies at 86

April 9, 2014

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis praised the dedication of the retired patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church, Cardinal Emmanuel-Karim Delly, 86, who died April 8 in a hospital in San Diego, according to the California-based Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of St. Peter the Apostle.

Canadian nun kidnapped in Cameroon

April 8, 2014

A Canadian nun and two Italian priests abducted April 4 in Cameroon remain unaccounted for.

Atlanta archbishop will sell new residence at center of controversy

April 7, 2014

ATLANTA - Atlanta Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory announced April 5 that he will vacate the archbishop's residence in early May and move into another available archdiocesan property.

On 20th anniversary of Rwandan genocide, Pope urges reconciliation

April 7, 2014

VATICAN CITY - Just days before Rwanda was to begin a weeklong period of official mourning to mark the 20th anniversary of its genocide, Pope Francis urged the country's bishops to be resolute in continuing the work of healing and reconciliation.