North America

(OSV News) — President Donald Trump ruled out the use of force to acquire Greenland in a Jan. 21 speech to the World Economic Forum, but he said the U.S. would …

The Trump administration’s stated plans to acquire Greenland for the U.S. are being met with concern by residents, said the Arctic island’s Catholic priest.

A massive outbreak of mosquito-borne illness is sweeping Cuba just weeks after Hurricane Melissa, straining parish life and Catholic ministries across the island.

“Our relatives are finally home. For First Nations, these are not only artifacts. They are sacred, living items,” National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak said.

The Diocese of Cuautitlán joined “in the cry of so many families suffering from violence and disappearances in our country” and urged it be brought to an end.

Mexican Catholics have expressed alarm at a proposal to oversee the online expressions of religious leaders through a change of the country’s Religious Associations and Public Worship Law.

“Today, it is no longer enough to apprehend the killer: We must resolutely combat the root causes of all these murders,” the bishops said.

In Mexico, Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos) dates to pre-Hispanic times, in which people commemorate and commune with their deceased loved ones.

“We are grateful for the protection of God that (Kingston) didn’t get any heavy damage yet,” said a member of the Missionaries of the Poor.

Jamaicans generally “are faith-based people,” so “I think many are relying on their faith to keep them strong in the face of the storm,” the bishop said.