North America

“Pope Francis yearned for the Church’s message of mercy to be ever present among marginalized people, those on the existential and geographical peripheries of society,” says Alberta bishop.

(OSV News) — Two women religious were murdered March 31 by armed gangs in the city of Mirebalais, Haiti, as long-standing violence continues to further destabilize that nation. Sister Evanette Onezaire …

TORONTO (OSV News) — Father John Mullins wasn’t at his normal posting at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport when his phone delivered the breaking news of the Delta Air Lines crash as …

OTTAWA, Ontario (OSV News) — With two recent episcopal appointments for Canada made by Pope Francis, the Archdiocese of Grouard-McLennan in the province of Alberta is getting a coadjutor archbishop, and …

(OSV News) — As Pope Francis continues to recover at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital, Catholics in the pope’s Diocese of Rome and around the world joined in prayer for his health. …

 (OSV News) — A diverted trip, a grounded flight and an unexpected stay in Canada showed that “Jesus … is in charge, not us,” said Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New …

(OSV News) — Pope Francis has named Father Alan E. Campeau, current pastor of St. Joseph Parish in Dryden, Ontario, and two other parishes, as the new bishop of Thunder Bay …

(OSV News) — In an eventful year for life issues — including abortion, assisted suicide, and immigration — advocates and opponents alike wrestled with outcomes, each other, governments, public opinion, and …

(OSV News) — About a dozen Jesuits from all over the world on a search and rescue mission in Arizona’s Sonoran Desert Dec. 20-22 came across eight areas that had remains …

(OSV News) — Pro-life and anti-euthanasia activists in Canada are decrying that government’s latest efforts to expand its assisted suicide policy by accepting “advance requests” — and a national survey on …