Category: International News

Scalabrini Sr Rosita Milesi has received the prestigious Nansen Award from the United Nations Refugee Agency. This award is given annually to individuals, groups or organisations for their work in protecting refugees.

The Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Vincent Nichols, has warned people to ‘be careful what you wish for’, as British MPs prepare to debate a new bill to allow assisted suicide.

A third of Catholics in England and Wales have reduced their Mass attendance due to concerns over the child sexual abuse crisis within the Church, according to a new report.

In a highly anticipated report on the alleged decades-long apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Medjugorje, the Vatican’s doctrinal office has endorsed prudent devotion to Mary at the popular pilgrimage site in Bosnia and Herzegovina but has withheld any declaration on whether the alleged visions are supernatural in origin.

After a television documentary accused a Scottish fishing company of modern-day slavery, a Catholic charity is calling on Britain’s Home Office to do more to protect people in the fishing industry. 

Religious leaders in Springfield, Ohio gathered in September to denounce false claims that Haitian migrants in the area were ‘eating pets’.

Rev Carl Ruby of Central Christian Church addressed the issue directly during a service, declaring ‘Haitians are not eating pets in Springfield’. His remarks came after former President Donald Trump made the unfounded, sensational claim during a presidential debate.

The first World Youth Day to be hosted in a country where Christians are a minority will seek to instil young people with the courage to share the Gospel while fostering inter-religious dialogue. World Youth Day 2027 is to be hosted in Seoul, South Korea. 

The body of St Teresa of Ávila, a doctor of the Church, remains incorrupt after her death more than 400 years ago on 4 October, 1582. The postulator general of the Discalced Carmelite Order, Fr Marco Chiesa said, ‘today the tomb of St Teresa was opened and we have verified that it is in the same condition as when it was last opened in 1914.’ The remains of the revered Spanish saint rest at the Carmelite Monastery of Alba de Tormes.

The Vatican has announced that Sydney will host the 54th International Eucharistic Congress in 2028. Held every four years, the congress is expected to draw tens of thousands of faithful Catholics from across the globe. Sydney Archbishop Anthony Fisher op said that this will be the largest gathering held on Australian shores since World Youth Day 2008.

As preparations ramp up for the highly anticipated Jubilee Year 2025, the first 26 major events have been revealed on the official Jubilee website iubilaeum2025.va/en.html. The Jubilee’s central theme is one of unity, renewal, and spiritual reflection, offering pilgrims worldwide the opportunity to deepen their faith through a series of carefully curated events.