International News

News from outside of Canada.

Papal checklist: a holy teacher and preacher

March 4, 2013

VATICAN CITY - French Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, 69, president of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, is the “proto-deacon” of the College of Cardinals and will be the one, at the end of the conclave, who will announce to the world, “Habemus papam” (“We have a pope”).

Scottish cardinal admits to acts of sexual misconduct

March 4, 2013

MANCHESTER, England - Less than a week after his retirement was announced, a Scottish cardinal has admitted to past acts of sexual misconduct.

Cardinals begin pre-conclave meetings at Vatican

March 4, 2013

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The College of Cardinals began their formal pre-conclave meetings March 4 with 142 members present, 103 of whom are under the age of 80 and eligible to enter the conclave to vote for a new pope.

The anticipation and anxiety of waiting for a new pope

March 3, 2013

VATICAN CITY - The period immediately following a pontificate is one of excited speculation, more or less loose, about the identity of the next pope.

Capitalism a savage way for Latin America’s poor

March 2, 2013

TORONTO - You won’t find the word “savagery” in most economic textbooks, but neither will you find the word “faith.” But savagery and faith are the words Jesuit Archbishop Ricardo Barreto of Huancayo, Peru, uses to describe the economic choices before Latin America.

Cardinals' meetings begin with business, then look toward choosing pope

March 2, 2013

VATICAN CITY - The world's cardinals were to begin meetings at the Vatican March 4, and while onlookers are focused on who may be the next pope, the cardinals have business to deal with.

Cardinals' Catch-22: eager for conclave, but need time to choose well

March 1, 2013

VATICAN CITY - Cardinal-electors are caught in a Catch-22. They are eager to give the world a new pope; however, they need time to pick the right leader, said South Africa's cardinal.

Pope Benedict's last trip is 15-minute helicopter ride

February 28, 2013

VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI's final trip as pope was a 15-minute helicopter ride from the Vatican to the papal summer villa at Castel Gandolfo.

Pope says he's going from humble servant to simple pilgrim

February 28, 2013

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (CNS) -- Pope Benedict XVI, who began his papacy describing himself as a "humble servant in the Lord's vineyard," described his retirement as a time of being a "simple pilgrim, who begins the last stage of his pilgrimage on this earth."

Faithful throw big farewell at Pope's last general audience

February 27, 2013

VATICAN CITY - The last general audience in St. Peter's Square turned into a farewell party with balloons, flowers, flags, posters, cheers, standing ovations and a touching thank-you speech from Pope Benedict XVI.