US & Canada

The City of New York honoured Venerable Rose Hawthorne, foundress of the Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne, on 1 October 2026 by co-naming a section of East 68th Street in Manhattan 'Rose Hawthorne Way.' The designation recognises her dedication to people living in poverty with incurable cancer and the mission of free care continued by her sisters. The stretch between First and York avenues lies besi... Read More

Pope Leo has voted in the US midterm elections. Earlier this month, Pope Leo XIV requested a postal ballot to vote in the upcoming United States midterm elections. The Will County Clerk's Office in Illinois verified that the Chicago-born pontiff submitted a request for an absentee ballot on 3 October 2026. Pope Leo remains registered to vote in the Chicago suburb of New Lenox, Illinois, under h... Read More

Bishop Mariann Budde, Episcopalian Bishop of Washington DC, has issued the following reflection, ahead of the US midterm elections which take place next Tuesday. A Sacred Trust - Our call to love God and neighbour does not change with any election result. As the midterm election draws near, the intensity of the campaigns is rising, along with real anxiety about what will happen on Election Day and... Read More

The Sisters of Charity of New York have published the following comment on Instagram, in response to reports about the 12 Catholic bishops who posed for a picture praying over President Donald Trump on Saturday morning. AUTHORITY. Twelve Catholic bishops gathered in the Oval Office to pray over President Trump, just days before the midterm elections. One bishop explained that the gathering was no... Read More

The Most Reverend Jeffrey S Grob, Archbishop of Milwaukee has issued the following statement today, in the wake of the controversy over a group of 12 Catholic bishops photographed praying with President Trump. A Public Apology - Archbishop Jeffrey Grob Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, I write this message to you from the Dominican Republic while visiting with fellow pilgrims our sharing pari... Read More

Archbishop Timothy P Broglio has issued a statement forbidding Catholics from taking part in the firing squad execution of Nidal Hasan, due to be life-streamed. The full statement follows: In addition to supporting and subscribing to the statement by my brothers the Bishops of Texas, it is my duty to express my disapproval of what is proposed regarding the execution of the terrorist Hasan in the ... Read More

The President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Archbishop Paul S Coakley, has expressed "shock and great sorrow" over the decision to publicly livestream the execution of Nidal Hassan, the former Army major sentenced to death for the 2009 Fort Hood mass shooting. "Our God is the God of life," said the Archbishop of Oklahoma City in a statement. "In no way can Hassan's actions b... Read More

Cardinal Blaise Cupich delivered the following homily during the opening Mass at 'City of Welcome: A Teach-In on Catholic Solidarity and the Journey of Migration' at Old St Patrick's Church. If you walk through the streets of Chicago, you hear the story of the entire world. You sense it in the rhythm of the L train, in the scents drifting from neighbourhood bakeries and in the languages spoken on ... Read More

Canada Needs Our Lady will be holding Rosary Rallies across the country this Saturday, 10 October 2026. This special campaign, which originated in Saint Hubert, Quebec, has been inspired by the Tradition, Family Property (TFP) movement of Brazilian Catholic activist Plinio Correa de Oliveira. According to Joseph Gensens, Fatima Custodian for Canada Needs Our Lady: "The reaction from Canadians has ... Read More

Tennessee's Catholic Bishops have joined the US state's Episcopal Bishops to issue an ecumenical appeal in the wake of the twice-failed execution of Christa Pike on September 30. In their joint statement issued on October 1, the Bishops asked Tennessee Governor Bill Lee to spare Ms Pike's life and prevent another attempt to carry out her death sentence. Ms. Pike, 50, survived two doses of a letha... Read More

A prayer walk in Vancouver, Canada on 20 September brought a grassroots lens to the World Council of Churches (WCC) Pilgrimage of Justice, Reconciliation, and Unity. "Let us, like them, be Christians led by God on the sacred path of reconciliation, justice, and peace." As part an opening prayer to begin the walk, those gathered said: "We are so blessed to be on this land and to be together as th... Read More

More than 50,000 people attended the Beatification Mass for Blessed Archbishop Fulton J Sheen at the Dome in the America's Centre, St Louis, Missouri, on Thursday 24 September, among them, 90 bishops, 1,000 priests and 1, 600 women and men religious. Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle was the chief celebrant. He conveyed the greetings of Pope Leo XIV, who, he said, "rejoices at the beatification of h... Read More

Venerable Fulton J Sheen is set to be beatified later today, Thursday, 24 September 24, 2026, in St Louis, Missouri, United States. Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, will preside at the beatification Mass, representing Pope Leo XIV. After his heroic virtue was recognized, Fulton Sheen was declared Venerable in 2012 by Pope Benedict XVI. In 2019, Pope F... Read More

"As conflicts intensify around the world, let us renew our commitment to be Christ's instruments of peace in an increasingly fractured and divided world," said Archbishop Paul S Coakley, president of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops, in a statement marking the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Archbishop Coakley's statement follows: "As we prayerfully remember t... Read More