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St. Paul's Hospital, operated by Providence Health Care, has a MAID facility on its campus, operated by the British Columbia government's Vancouver Coastal Health. / Credit: Terry O'NeillVancouver, Canada, Jun 23, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA).A government-ordered euthanasia facility, operated by the British Columbia, Canada, government's Vancouver Coastal Health Authority on the downtown campus of the Catholic-run St. Paul's Hospital, is now fully operational.A six-month investigation into the impact of the New Democratic Party government's MAID (medical aid in dying)-imposition edict also uncovered that planning is underway for another euthanasia facility to be operated by Vancouver Coastal on the site of the new St. Paul's Hospital on False Creek Flats, which is being built a little less than two miles east of the existing hospital.Vancouver Coastal is also currently operating MAID rooms in the same buildings that house two Catholic-run hospices in Vancouver.Providence Health Care, ...
Smoke from incense drifts in the air at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles, California, where the 2025 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage concluded on June 22, 2025, / Credit: Jeffrey Bruno/EWTNLos Angeles, Calif., Jun 22, 2025 / 23:23 pm (CNA).The 2025 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage completed its 3,300-mile journey across the western United States Sunday, having traversed 10 states, stopping in 20 dioceses and encountering thousands of enthusiastic parishioners.The trek started May 18 in Indianapolis, the site of the 10th National Eucharistic Congress in 2024, and concluded 35 days later at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles. The pilgrimage was an outgrowth of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' (USCCB) three-year Eucharistic revival designed to promote belief in and devotion to the Eucharist among Catholics."We've had a wonderful reception, and the pilgrimage has borne much good fruit," remarked Jason Shanks, president of t...
Pope Leo XIV speaks to pilgrims gathered in St. Peter's Square for the Sunday Angelus on June 22, 2025. / Credit: Vatican MediaVatican City, Jun 22, 2025 / 08:22 am (CNA).Reacting to what he called the "alarming news" of U.S. airstrikes on nuclear facilities in Iran, Pope Leo XIV on Sunday pleaded with the international community "to stop the tragedy of war before it becomes an irreparable abyss.""Today more than ever, humanity cries out and pleads for peace," the pope said, in remarks following his Angelus reflection June 22, adding that the cry "must not be drowned out by the roar of weapons or by rhetoric that incites conflict."U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Saturday night that the U.S. had "obliterated" Iran's main nuclear sites massive bunker busting bombs. Iran responded by launching a volley of missiles at Israel. Scores of civilians were wounded in a missile strike in Tel Aviv, Reuters reported.Speaking to pilgrims gathered in St. Peter's Square from a wi...
Venerable Enrique Shaw. / Credit: Acdeano, Public domain, via Wikimedia CommonsBuenos Aires, Argentina, Jun 21, 2025 / 09:00 am (CNA).The cause for canonization of Venerable Enrique Shaw, an Argentine husband, father, and businessman remembered for his vocation of service and his close ties to the working class, took another step forward at the Vatican this week.In January, the miracle attributed to his intercession passed a medical review of its authenticity, and on June 17 the commission of theologians also unanimously approved it, the vice postulator of the cause, Bishop Santiago Olivera, confirmed to the AICA news agency."The cause of Enrique Shaw has already passed the initial stage of medical consultation, and now the theological experts, who are studying the prayers addressed to the 'candidate' and their fruits, have expressed their unanimous opinion this Tuesday regarding the prayer asking for the grace of healing," the prelate explained, encouraging people to continue ...
The pope told the political leaders that "natural law, which is universally valid apart from and above other more debatable beliefs, constitutes the compass by which to take our bearings in legislating and acting." / Credit: Vatican MediaVatican City, Jun 21, 2025 / 09:30 am (CNA).Pope Leo urged political leaders from around the world to promote the common good, warning especially of the threat to human dignity from artificial intelligence (AI). AI "will certainly be of great help to society, provided that its employment does not undermine the identity and dignity of the human person and his or her fundamental freedoms," the pope said on June 21 to legislators from 68 countries gathered at the Vatican for the Jubilee of Governments. "It must not be forgotten that artificial intelligence functions as a tool for the good of human beings, not to diminish them, not to replace them," Leo said, speaking in English to the international audience. &...
The outside of Guaranteed Rate Field, where the Chicago White Sox baseball team plays. / Credit: Spirit Juice StudiosCNA Staff, Jun 21, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA).From popping a wheelie in front of Pope Leo XIV's childhood home to sitting in "the pope's chair" at a favorite local pizzeria, filmmaker Rob Kaczmark appeared to be enjoying every stop along a tour of Pope Leo's childhood stomping grounds in a new short film released by Spirit Juice, a Catholic production company.The film, which Kaczmark called "a tribute to a South Side kid who made it all the way to the Vatican," is now available on YouTube."I'm still in awe of the fact that Pope Leo is from here. He's one of us," Kaczmark says in the film. "No matter where you're from, God can use you. You just have to be open to his call." CEO and President of Spirit Juice Studios Rob Kaczmark films outside of St. Rita of Cascia High School, the high school were Pope Leo XIV taught math. Credit: Spirit Juice StudiosThe filmmaker,...
The Catholic bishops in Nigeria's Onitsha ecclesiastical province have condemned recent attacks in Benue state that reportedly resulted in the death of some 200 people and called for fasting and prayer in honor of the victims. / Credit: Nigeria Catholic NetworkACI Africa, Jun 20, 2025 / 13:41 pm (CNA).The Catholic bishops in Nigeria's Onitsha ecclesiastical province have condemned recent attacks in Benue state, which reportedly resulted in the death of some 200 people, and called for fasting and prayer in honor of the victims.In a statement issued June 18, the bishops denounced the "almost daily bloodshed" in the West African nation, including the recent gruesome killing of civilians by suspected herdsmen on June 13 and similar attacks on June 15."We are deeply anguished and shocked by this relentless shedding of innocent blood in different parts of our beloved country, Nigeria. We describe these acts as inhuman, barbaric, and a gross violation of the sanctity and dignity of hu...
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, chair of the United States' recently created Religious Liberty Commission, talks with Raymond Arroyo on "The World Over" on June 19, 2025. / Credit: "The World Over with Raymond Arroyo"/ScreenshotWashington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 20, 2025 / 14:11 pm (CNA).As the work of the presidential Religious Liberty Commission gets underway, the commission's chairman, Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, said he sees two major sets of domestic threats to religious liberty in the United States.The first set of threats, he said, has its origins in several mid-20th-century court decisions, while the second set of threats is due to apathy by people of faith, "because if you don't fight for it, you can lose it."Patrick made these observations during a June 19 interview on "The World Over with Raymond Arroyo" following the commission's opening June 16 hearing in Washington, D.C.Patrick said the commission's inaugural convocation addressed a range of topics including the intent of...
The childhood home of Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, in Dolton, Illinois. / Credit: Michael Howie, Attribution, via Wikimedia CommonsCNA Staff, Jun 20, 2025 / 14:41 pm (CNA).The auction for the childhood home of Robert Francis Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, has been extended by a month and will now close on July 17, according to the auction house selling the home. The extension comes as the village of Dolton, Illinois, continues its efforts to acquire the 1,050-square-foot home located at 212 E. 141st Place in Dolton.Dolton village attorney Burt Odelson told CNA on June 19 that the auction has been extended because the city has not finalized negotiations with the home's owner, Pawel Radzik, to purchase the home but expects to close the deal "very soon."Odelson told CNA that on the chance the deal falls through, however, the village of Dolton is still prepared to seek ownership of the house through eminent domain.Steve Budzik, the house's listing agent, told the Chicago Trib...
Yaron Sideman is Israel's ambassador to the Holy See. / Credit: "EWTN News Nightly"/ScreenshotCNA Staff, Jun 19, 2025 / 21:33 pm (CNA).In a June 19 interview with EWTN News, Israel's ambassador to the Holy See, Yaron Sideman, defended his country's attacks on Iran's nuclear and ballistic missile programs, saying Israel is preventing World War III.Speaking with EWTN News correspondent Colm Flynn, Sideman said Israel attacked Iran last week in what felt like the "eleventh hour," saying the country had no choice but to protect itself by destroying Iran's weapons programs.When asked if he thought Israel's attacks on Iran are bringing the world closer to a third world war, Sideman responded emphatically: "We are preventing a World War III." "We are preventing further escalation by depriving … the most dangerous regime on earth from the most dangerous deadly weapon on earth.""If we do not eliminate the nuclear program, it will eliminate us," he said.In recent months, Sideman said, Ir...
