US & Canada

Concluding a biennial gathering, the officers and members of the Episcopal Conferences of the Americas met from February 15-17 at a retreat centre to pray and discuss their shared ministry as pastors. The eleven bishops attending included bishops from the Latin American and Caribbean Episcopal Council (CELAM), the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB), and the United States Conference of ... Read More

Bishop Brendan Leahy, Bishop of Limerick and a member of the Vatican's Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue writes: This year, Christians and Muslims are marking Lent and Ramadan at the same time. Through its message from the Vatican's department for Inter-religious Dialogue, the global Catholic Church expresses our solidarity with Muslims. The message invites us all to renew our gaze on God who ... Read More

National and local Catholic organisations and activists are coming together to hold an event in Anaheim to urge Governor Gavin Newsom to commute the sentences of all individuals on California's death row before he leaves office. Catholic Mobilizing Network (CMN) is joining with the Office of Restorative Justice in the Diocese of Orange, Loyola Marymount University, PaxChristi USA, Catholics Agains... Read More

A group of Buddhist monks, accompanied by a rescue dog named Aloka, completed a 109 day, 2,300 mile (3,700km) Walk For Peace from Hương Đạo Vipassana Bhavana Centre in Fort Worth Texas, to Washington DC yesterday. Inspired by their faith, the aim of the walk was to raise "awareness of peace, loving kindness, and compassion across America and the world." The Walk For Peace began on October 2... Read More

The Archbishop of Chicago, Cardinal Blaise Cupich, has asked President Donald Trump to apologise for a "viciously racist" video posted on his Truth Social account. The final frames of the video, which appeared on President Trump's account on Thursday evening, depicted former US President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama as apes. In his statement, (in English, Spanish and Polish) t... Read More

Bishop Louis Tylka, from the Diocese of Peoria said in a statement today: "The Holy See has informed me that the Cause for the Venerable Servant of God Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen can proceed to Beatification. The next step in the process is the celebration of the Beatification, in which Fulton Sheen would be declared Blessed. In the Catholic Church, beatification is the first major step to sainth... Read More

Ahead of the expiration of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START), the President of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops, Archbishop Paul S Coakley, has urged policymakers to "courageously pursue diplomatic negotiations to maintain New START's limits." "I call on people of faith and all men and women of good will to ardently pray that we, as an international community, may develop th... Read More

Dozens of faith leaders were arrested in Washington yesterday (Thursday) as they held peaceful protests against President Donald Trump's immigration policies and the activities of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, (ICE). One of those arrested was Bishop Dwayne Royster, executive director of Faith in Action. Marie Dennis, director of Pax Christi International Catholic Institute for No... Read More

Archbishop Paul Coakley of Oklahoma City, president of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops has appealed for a Holy Hour for peace as a step toward national healing, as the country faces tremendous tensions. Nearly 69,000 people have been arrested by masked immigration enforcement men. Three protesters have been killed. "Your faith matters. Your prayers matter. Your acts of love and works of ju... Read More

Tensions are running high in Minneapolis, Minnesota, after US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents fatally shot Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive care nurse and US citizen, on Saturday. The federal government alleged that Mr Pretti was carrying a gun and intervened as ICE agents confronted a woman on the street. Local authorities said Mr Pretti had a permit to carry a handgun, addin... Read More

Calls for justice are on a crescendo-from more than 100 pastors who stood in solidarity with the community of Minneapolis, Minnesota; to more than 8,000 people who gathered online on 25 January for a prayer organized by the Faith in Action network; to peaceful protests in communities growing in cities and towns across the US. As violence escalated in areas to which US federal Immigration and Cu... Read More

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev Prof Dr Jerry Pillay has expressed deep alarm over the escalating violence in areas to which US federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol agents have been deployed, especially currently in Minneapolis. Dr Pillay said: 'The killings of Renee Good and - most recently - Alex Pretti have occurred in circumstances that a... Read More

Archbishop Timothy Paul Andrew Broglio, Archbishop for the US Military Services, USA, told the BBC on Sunday that it would be 'morally acceptable' for troops to disobey orders that go against their conscience." Speaking at a time when President Trump has repeatedly laid claims to Greenland, the Archbishop, who also served as president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) fro... Read More

Cardinal Blase J Cupich, archbishop of Chicago, Cardinal Robert McElroy, archbishop of Washington and Cardinal Joseph W Tobin, CSsR, archbishop of Newark today issued a strongly worded statement measuring US foreign policy against the principles set forth by Pope Leo XIV in his January 9, 2026 address to members of the diplomatic corps accredited the Holy See. Commenting on the statement, Cardinal... Read More