“We raise our voices today to demand freedom for our colleague and friend Gena Heraty.”
North America
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Gena Heraty was among several taken by gunmen in the early hours of Aug. 3 from the Saint-Hélène orphanage in Kenscoff, near Haiti’s capital of Port-au-Prince.
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On March 17, 2027, the law on medical assistance in dying, known as MAiD, is set to expand to include individuals solely living with a mental illness.
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A government-ordered and operated euthanasia, or MAiD, facility on the campus of the Catholic-run St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver is now fully operational.
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(OSV News) — Indigenous peoples are “a blessing to the Church and Canadian society,” said the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops. The bishops shared their thoughts in a June 19 statement, …
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The bishops emphasized the need to revitalize hope among Cubans, which can spur a collective drive “to serve the common good of the homeland.”
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(OSV News) — Canada’s Catholic bishops are reminding faithful of “the urgent need to pray for peace” as tensions in the Middle East rise following an exchange of strikes between Israel …
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Mexican bishops express solidarity with migrants amid protests in US cities
by David Agrenby David Agren“The vast majority of undocumented migrants contribute to the good of the communities” where they live and work, said the bishop of Matamoros-Reynosa.
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The church’s universal mission that brought missionaries to British Columbia 200 years ago compels the faithful to evangelize today, archbishop says.
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“We cannot get used to living with violent death, nor allow impunity to become the norm,” Mexico’s bishops said.
