US & Canada

Several Catholic organisations held a prayer vigil outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) headquarters in Washington DC on Friday, the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Pax Christi USA wrote on social media: "We prayed outside ICE's DC headquarters in frigid weather this morning, calling on the intercession of Our Lady of Guadalupe on this her feast day, and repeating our plea to ICE... Read More

Last week a parish in Massachusetts, St Susanna Parish in Dedham, changed their outdoor Nativity scene - replacing the figures of Mary and Joseph with a sign saying 'ICE was here' in protest at the 'Immigration and Customs Enforcement' raids often targeting churchgoers. Many thousands of people have been arrested across the USA, separated from their families and often taken to unknown locations. B... Read More

The Most Reverend Timothy P Broglio, JCD, archbishop for the Military Services, USA, and former president of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops, has condemned the Trump administration's ongoing attacks on alleged drug traffickers on boats, that it claims come from Venezuela. Archbishop Brogio said on Wednesday: "I call on our Nation's leaders, legislators, and those specifically charged to dire... Read More

Saint Susanna's in Dedham, Massachusetts, USA, is an active Pax Christi parish. For this year's outdoor Nativity scene, the figurines of the Holy Family are not displayed - instead, the parish placed a sign: "ICE was here." When contacted by a Boston Globe reporter who asked if the photo was authentic and if ICE actually had visited the church, St Susanna's pastor Fr Steve Josomo confirmed the ve... Read More

In the spirit of relationship and healing, the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration have transferred the Marywood Franciscan Spirituality Center property on Trout Lake in Arbor Vitae, Wisconsin, to the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, the original caretakers of the land. The transfer was completed on Friday, October 31, and is the first known return of Catholic-owned la... Read More

The remarkable story of Pablo Tac, a 19th-century native Californian seminarian and scholar, is reaching more people than ever. Native American Heritage Month offers an ideal opportunity to discoverthis extraordinary figure. Christian Clifford, veteran Catholic school educator, has been on a quest to set the record straight when it comes to the founder of the California missions, Saint Junípero ... Read More

As the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) gathered for their Fall Plenary Assembly in Baltimore, today, 12 November, they issued a Special Message addressing their concern for the evolving situation impacting immigrants in the United States. This marked the first time in twelve years the USCCB invoked this particularly urgent way of speaking as a body of bishops. The last one iss... Read More

In a week when Immigrant and Custom Enforcement agent (ICE) refused to allow delegations to offer Holy Communion to migrants being held in detention centres on more than one occasion, Pope Leo appeal for their rights to be respected. Speaking to journalists in Castel Gandolfo, yesterday evening, the Pope said that "many people who have lived for years and years" in the US, "never causing problems... Read More

Up to 2,000 worshippers and 50 priests, women religious and deacons came to ask Immigrants and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to allow a delegation to offer Communion to detainees inside Broadview detention centre in Illinois on Saturday. "The answer was no." A Roman Catholic Mass led by the Coalition for Spiritual and Public Leadership (CSPL) held on Saturday morning outside the ICE detention centre i... Read More

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: On Saturday, Catholic leaders from across Appalachia looked to words written half a century ago to consider how the Church should tackle the current exploitation of the environment and workers. Three bishops convened 150 Catholic and labour leaders at the Diocese of Pittsburgh to look to the future as well as mark the 50th anniversary of the Appalachian bishops' pastoral ... Read More

Chicago is being particularly hard hit by Donald Trump's crackdown on migrants. More than 3,000 people have been arrested in ICE raids over the past month. In response, Cardinal Blaise Cupich, Archbishop of Chicago issued the following statement last Tuesday: My dear brothers and sisters, today I speak to you as your shepherd, but also as a fellow pilgrim who shares the pain of many of our immigra... Read More

On 26 September 2025, US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth announced that the twenty soldiers who participated in the 1890 massacre of hundreds of Lakota men, women, and children at Wounded Knee would retain the Medals of Honour awarded to them. He declared the decision final, stating: "Their place in our nation's history is no longer up for debate." Secretary Hegseth further stated that US soldie... Read More

Some 50 peacemakers, including members of the Pax Christi USA National Council held a prayer service and vigil in support of immigrants outside of the headquarters of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency in Washington, DC on Friday, 3 October. The service was sponsored by Pax Christi USA, Pax Christi Metro DC - Baltimore, the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker, Franciscan Action Network, ... Read More

During a private audience at the Vatican today, the Hope Border Institute and Bishop Mark J Seitz presented Pope Leo XIV with messages from members of the immigrant community in the United States. The delegation included Dylan Corbett, executive director of the Hope Border Institute; Most Rev Mark J Seitz, Bishop of El Paso and chairman of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Committee... Read More