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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.
Mexico’s bishops urge unity as Church struggles to assist deported immigrants
United States President Donald Trump’s policies on unauthorised immigrants and mass deportation operations have caught Latin American countries off guard, prompting them to improvise ways to deal with the arrival of high numbers of those being deported. Source: OSV News.
Vatican decision transforms Indigenous expressions into ‘liturgy of the Church’
The Vatican has approved a series of liturgical adaptations for Indigenous communities in the Mexican state of Chiapas. Source: CNA.
Church in Mexico calls on new president to tackle crime
The Church in Mexico has called on the country’s new president, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, to address “the dominance of organised crime and criminal activity in general”. Source: CNA.
Catholics in Puerto Rico urged to help in combatting dengue fever
An archbishop in Puerto Rico has issued a pastoral letter asking Catholics on the island to cooperate with civil officials in efforts to combat an outbreak of dengue fever, a mosquito-borne disease, and to care for those who have fallen ill. Source: The Tablet.
Security expert calls for more protection for Norh American churches
An assault on a Texas priest – along with recent incidents at Catholic churches in North America – highlights the need for parishes to implement more robust security measures, says a security expert. Source: OSV News.
Seminary latest Church target in Haiti’s ‘dizzying chaos’
An attack on a seminary in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, is the most recent in a series of incidents involving Catholic Church targets, amid the worst crisis in the Caribbean nation in several years. Source: OSV News.