News from outside of Canada.
July 16, 2026
Twin earthquakes in Venezuela have left nearly 5,000 people dead, according to government officials, triggering a massive mobilization of humanitarian aid organizations.
The Diocese of Las Cruces, New Mexico, is demanding a jury trial as it fends off the Trump administration's move to seize a long-revered pilgrimage site for a border wall as part of Trump's hardline crackdown on immigration.
When Pope Leo XIV sat down to lunch with people experiencing homelessness and poverty at Castel Gandolfo this month, he offered a model that one Catholic organization says any parish can follow.
July 15, 2026
As African bishops continue to back Pope Leo XIV over the excommunication of the SSPX, the traditionalist group in Kenya rejected the schismatic tag as it moved to assure followers of its Roman Catholic identity.
Much has been done to mitigate rates of HIV and AIDS, but more work remains as children are still vulnerable to the virus and the disease it causes.
July 13, 2026
About two weeks after what he calls the most surreal moment of his life, Kevin Workman remains in awe.
July 11, 2026
Cardinal Robert W. McElroy of Washington said his decision to remove a high-profile priest as an archdiocesan exorcist was driven by the public way he exercised his ministry, not by his specific beliefs about UFOs.
July 10, 2026
When—and if—Andy Burnham becomes prime minister of the United Kingdom later in July, he'll be the first ever to identify publicly as a Catholic.
July 8, 2026
Another Nicaraguan bishop remains missing after being apprehended by police.
A Catholic priest working for peace and reconciliation in the Central African Republic was killed by armed men near his residence in the town of Zemio on June 29.
