International News

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Vatican mummy health check: It's never too late for an endoscopy

January 18, 2013

VATICAN CITY - Experts have just concluded a two-year study on the seven adult mummies in the Vatican Museums' collections.

Pope names successor to head of church in Ireland

January 18, 2013

VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI named Msgr. Eamon Martin as coadjutor archbishop of Armagh, Northern Ireland, making him the designated successor to Cardinal Sean Brady as the head of the Catholic Church in Ireland.

Pope establishes eparchies for Ukrainians in Britain, France

January 18, 2013

Updated 01/22/13 VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Benedict XVI has raised the church jurisdictions for Ukrainian Catholics in Great Britain and France to the level of eparchies, or dioceses, and named the U.S. bishops who had been their exarchs to be their eparchial bishops.

Thousands rally in Paris against same-sex marriage

January 18, 2013

PARIS - A French bishops’ spokesman urged politicians to “listen to the streets” after hundreds of thousands of people rallied against same-sex marriage.

Nigerian cardinal blasts politicians over youth deaths

January 17, 2013

LAGOS, NIGERIA - Nigerian Cardinal Anthony Olubunmi Okogie criticized oil pipeline vandalism that led to the death of more than two dozen youths, saying if they had had jobs, their deaths might have been avoided.

Vatican to enlist Christian all-stars to help scandal-ridden sports

January 17, 2013

VATICAN CITY - In an effort to flex its moral muscle in the professional sports arena, the Vatican has invited top-tier Christian athletes Tim Tebow and Jeremy Lin to help bring ethical values back to a scandal-ridden world of sports.

Vatican official: Armstrong's misdeeds reflect 'rotten' cycling world

January 16, 2013

VATICAN CITY - U.S. cyclist Lance Armstrong's admission to doping is just the tip of the iceberg, since high-stakes commercial interests pressure almost every professional cyclist into the illegal practice, said a Vatican official.

Some Turks feel influx of Syrians hampers efforts to aid other refugees

January 16, 2013

ISTANBUL - Hafiz Karim fled with his family to Turkey after extremists in Iraq threatened to kill them all if they didn't sell their Baghdad restaurant and move out of the neighborhood.

Vatican laments European Court denial of conscientious objection right

January 16, 2013

Updated 01/16/13 VATICAN CITY - While applauding the European Court of Human Rights' recognition of the right of a British airline employee to wear a cross on her uniform, the Vatican lamented the court's denial of the full right of conscientious objection in other cases claiming religious discrimination in the United Kingdom.

Shifts in balance of power create uneasy relations in Latin America

January 15, 2013

LIMA, Peru - When Venezuela's bishops spoke out against postponing the inauguration of ailing President Hugo Chavez, the president's supporters accused them of meddling in politics, while government opponents praised their comments.