North America

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.

(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, …

The bishops emphasized the need to revitalize hope among Cubans, which can spur a collective drive “to serve the common good of the homeland.”

(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 …

“The vast majority of undocumented migrants contribute to the good of the communities” where they live and work, said the bishop of Matamoros-Reynosa.

The church’s universal mission that brought missionaries to British Columbia 200 years ago compels the faithful to evangelize today, archbishop says.

“We cannot get used to living with violent death, nor allow impunity to become the norm,” Mexico’s bishops said.

OTTAWA, Ontario (OSV News) — As hundreds of Canadian pro-life advocates filled Parliament Hill in Ottawa the morning of May 8 for Canada’s 2025 National March for Life, it wasn’t …

(OSV News) — World leaders warmly congratulated Pope Leo XIV on his election and exhorted him to work toward peace in an increasingly conflictive word. Leaders in Latin America, meanwhile, …

Mark Carney, Canada’s newest Catholic prime minister, is an admirer of the late Pope Francis and promised to aggressively confront U.S. President Donald Trump.