With so much going on in Rome and the United States of late, it's sometimes easy to forget that the Catholic Church is a global institution, with priests and missionaries present virtually in every country, and with papal representatives accredited to local governments in over 180 nations.
In the daily grind of breaking news, where Pope Francis and Donald Trump dominate headlines, it's valuable to take a step back to look at what's going on around the world, much like the head of the Catholic Church does when he delivers his urbi et orbi blessing directed to the city and the world.
Whether it's migration, social violence, clerical sexual abuse or the Scouts, different issues have international scope, and sometimes the Church responds to them in a local way.
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