Category: International News

Pope Francis discussed the possibility of revising the Western discipline of priestly celibacy in a wide-ranging interview for his 10th anniversary as Pope last month.

A new bishop in Spain has banned his local television station from carrying any content produced by the massive EWTN (Eternal Word Television Network) religious media conglomerate on grounds of preserving unity with the Pope.

Pope Gregory XIII, the 16th century pontiff responsible for what is today known as the Gregorian calendar, now has another celestial claim to fame. A working group of the International Astronomical Union has named an asteroid after him.

England’s Cardinal Vincent Nichols has pledged the Church’s ‘support and prayers’ to King Charles III ahead of his 6 May coronation, as the new monarch praised the work of faith communities in national life.

The Catholic Church in South Korea has officially petitioned the government for a total abolition of the death penalty, saying it is ineffective in curbing criminal offences.

The Nicaraguan Government has closed the apostolic nunciature in Managua and its embassy to the Holy See, after Pope Francis compared President Daniel Ortega’s regime to communist and Nazi dictatorships.

Pope Francis will travel to Hungary at the end of April, where he will meet with government officials, refugees, academic scholars and young people in Budapest. He will meet with Katalin Novák, president of Hungary, and the country’s prime minister, Viktor Orbán, as well as local bishops, priests and other members of Hungary’s Catholic community.

‘World War III has been declared,’ Pope Francis said in a wide-ranging conversation with the editors of European Jesuit publications, referring to Russia’s attack against Ukraine. ‘The world is at war,’ he said. ‘For me, today, World War III has been declared. This is something that should give us pause for thought. What is happening to humanity that we have had three world wars in a century?’

Thousands of refugees across Australia who have lived ‘in limbo’ for years will be eligible to stay in the country permanently as the Labor Government moves to enact a pre-election commitment. 

The city of Antioch, where believers were first called Christians, has been all but wiped out by the February 6 earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria.