August 2025

B.C. MAiD regime high on errors, lax on enforcement

And reluctant to do anything about it

Terry O'Neill · August 1, 2025

A B.C. Catholic investigation has uncovered systemic failures in British Columbia’s euthanasia program, including thousands of paperwork errors among the 2,767 MAiD (medical assistance in dying) deaths recorded in 2023, a lack of public reporting of violations and an oversight unit led by the same health official responsible for delivering MAiD in the province.

Centre for hope takes over space where despair once reigned

Luke Mandato · August 1, 2025

St. Joseph’s Centre of Hope for Women has officially moved in just one door down from its previous location, taking up the space previously held by Cabbagetown Women's Clinic, an abortion clinic the centre shared a wall with since early 2023.

U.S. prelates heading to Japan on 'Pilgrimage of Peace'

Gina Christian · August 2, 2025

As the world marks the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and as renewed nuclear threats emerge in current conflicts, several U.S. Catholic bishops will travel to Japan on a "Pilgrimage of Peace."

Catholic-run orphanage in Bethlehem offers a refuge of love, stability

OSV News · August 3, 2025

In the city where the Prince of Peace was born, peace feels heartbreakingly distant, especially for children.

CWL gathers in Toronto for national summit

Luke Mandato · August 4, 2025

Upwards of 450 Catholic women from across Canada are gathering in Toronto Aug. 10 to 13 for the 105th Catholic Women’s League National Convention.

Pope Leo urges youth to find hope, friendship in Christ in uncertain times

Junno Arocho Esteves · August 5, 2025

Addressing an estimated 1 million young people, Pope Leo XIV urged them to forge genuine relationships rooted in Christ rather than ephemeral online connections that can reduce individuals to a commodity.

Pope Leo visits teen who fell ill during Jubilee of Youth, prays with family

Carol Glatz · August 5, 2025

Pope Leo XIV visited a Spanish teenager who had to be hospitalized during the Jubilee of Youth and prayed with and spoke to the family.

Irish lay missionary, child among several kidnapped from orphanage in Haiti

Gina Christian · August 5, 2025

A longtime Irish missionary in Haiti has been kidnapped in what may be a targeted attack amid that nation's long-running armed gang violence and instability.

Journey together, seek real encounters, pope advises young people

Cindy Wooden · August 5, 2025

A solo traveler, even using Google maps and ChatGPT, cannot safely and happily complete the journey of life or the journey of faith, Pope Leo XIV told thousands of young pilgrims meeting at the Marian shrine in Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Banned pastor, supporters fight censorship

Quinton Amundson · August 5, 2025

Defenders of religious expression in the Canadian public square are fighting back following the cancellation of a number of concerts by an American faith-based musician.

Nagasaki friary survived atomic blast, still stands

Katarzyna Szalajko · August 6, 2025

Eighty years ago two of the world’s deadliest weapons were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, bringing near-total destruction.

Don’t settle for less, Pope tells youth

One million attend closing Mass for youth Jubilee

Carol Glatz · August 6, 2025

The fullness of life depends on how much one joyfully welcomes and shares in life while also living with a constant yearning for those things that only come from God, Pope Leo XIV told young people.

With Jesus present wine never runs out

Harry McAvoy · August 6, 2025

I recently received an invitation that sadly I had to decline. August 6th was the date for Marlena Loughheed to make her Perpetual Profession of Faith as a Sister of Life, taking on the name of Sister Beata Victoria. This wonderful expression of faith and God’s goodness occurred at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City. His Eminence Timothy Cardinal Dolan was the Celebrant and Homilist; not bad company to keep.

Editorial

Yes, mother knows best

August 6, 2025

Ceaseless news of the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, inundations of reporting on bloodshed in Ukraine, dialogues of the deaf over climate change, the unstoppable unfurling of AI, feed a spirit of defeat about continued human existence.

Pope Leo calls for nuclear disarmament, real commitment to peace

Cindy Wooden · August 6, 2025

The scars still borne by survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and still visible on the cities' streets and buildings are a plea to pursue peace and disarmament, Pope Leo XIV said.

Vatican overturns parish closure - again

Degree of Merger revoked for Newfoundland parish

Quinton Amundson · August 6, 2025

For the second time in 15 months, the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Clergy has overturned St. John's Archbishop Peter Hundt’s 2022 decision to close Holy Rosary Parish in Portugal Cove-St. Philips, Nfld., and merge it with Holy Trinity Parish in Torbay, Nfld.

Indian nuns released on conditional bail; advocates, superiors call their arrest 'unlawful'

UCA News · August 6, 2025

Two Catholic nuns and an Indigenous youth jailed for alleged human trafficking and forced conversion in central India have been released on bail under strict conditions by a special court dealing with terror cases.

Public panel to make a case for religion journalism

Laura Ieraci · August 6, 2025

A public panel Aug. 14 will feature several award-winning veteran journalists who will discuss the state of religion journalism today, its needfulness for society and its pertinence in the current media landscape.

Grace doesn’t take away our freedom, it awakens it

Catholic News Service · August 6, 2025

The text of the catechesis and appeal from Pope Leo XIV’s Aug. 6 general audience given in St. Peter’s Square.

Wedding bells appeal to civilizing men

Andrea Mrozek · August 7, 2025

Is it insulting to say marriage civilizes men? More importantly, is it true?