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Mexican Catholics alarmed at proposal to oversee online religious content
Mexican Catholics have expressed alarm at a proposal to oversee the online expressions of priests and bishops through a reform of the country’s Religious Associations and Public Worship Law. Source: Catholic Review.
Church leaders in Mexico demand action after mayor murdered
The Mexican bishops’ conference has condemned the murder of a mayor, who was assassinated after pleading for federal assistance in combating drug cartels – which extort avocado growers in his municipality in western Michoacán state. Source: OSV News.
Mexican police say driver of murdered priest a suspect
Another priest has been found murdered in a violent southern Mexican state, where Catholic bishops have brokered truces between warring drug cartels and clergy have been killed with impunity. Source: Catholic Review.
Canadian bishops call for debt relief for poor countries
Faith-based organisations are commending a new pastoral letter from the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops pressing the Global North to wipe out low-income countries’ crippling debt and consider the ecological burden it has placed on the Global South. Source: NCR Online.
Shooting of priest reflects rising violence in Mexican state
A Mexican priest remains in a serious condition after being shot four times while travelling to minister to a sick person — an attack reinforcing Mexico’s reputation as one of the world’s most dangerous places for clergy. Source: Catholic Review.
Euthanasia unit forced on Catholic-run hospital in Canada
A government-ordered euthanasia facility forced onto a Catholic-run hospital campus in Canada is now in full operation. Source: OSV News.
Vancouver archbishop calls for prayer after deadly attack
The apostolic administrator of the Vancouver Archdiocese in Canada is calling for prayer after a deadly car-ramming attack in that city amid a Filipino heritage festival. Source: OSV News.
Eucharist keeps 103-year-old bishop strong and joyful
At 103 years of age, Mexican Bishop Emeritus José de Jesús Sahagún de la Parra is a living witness to the history of the Catholic Church. Source: CNA.
Mexican bishops reiterate call for unity, decry country’s ‘culture of death’
Mexico’s bishops have called for unity as the country deals with threats from US President Donald Trump, who promises to impose tariffs on Mexican exports if migrants continue crossing the US border and fentanyl is not stamped out. Source: Catholic Review.