International News

The streets of Gaza are quieter than they used to be — not because peace has returned. The deep silence of hunger has replaced the noise of daily life.

The Spanish bishops' conference was criticized by the head of Spain's far-right VOX party after the Church expressed religious concerns following a local council's measure that would effectively ban Muslims from holding religious events in certain areas.

Ukrainian child advocate Mykola Kuleba is pleading for the Vatican's assistance, after publicly highlighting what he said was one of several databases used by Russian occupation officials to market abducted Ukrainian children to Russian foster and adoption families.

Nearly two years after Azerbaijan’s military assault on the Armenian enclave known to the world as Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh to Armenians), many of the displaced are still yearning for a return to their beloved homeland.

Firefighters saved the historic cathedral in Cordoba, Spain, Aug. 8, after flames and smoke were seen billowing from the iconic mosque-turned-church.

Pope Leo XIV, like Pope Francis before him, consistently has called on Hamas to release the hostages it kidnapped in Israel almost two years ago and has pleaded with Israel to allow the delivery of more humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza.

Two Catholic nuns and an Indigenous youth jailed for alleged human trafficking and forced conversion in central India have been released on bail under strict conditions by a special court dealing with terror cases.

Eighty years ago two of the world’s deadliest weapons were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, bringing near-total destruction.

A longtime Irish missionary in Haiti has been kidnapped in what may be a targeted attack amid that nation's long-running armed gang violence and instability.

In the city where the Prince of Peace was born, peace feels heartbreakingly distant, especially for children.