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UPDATE: Prince George bishop calls for prayer, penance, saying shooting ‘has traumatized us all’
Posted on 02/11/2026 14:47 PM (EWTN News - Americas Catholic News)
At least 10 people are dead, including young teens, and many are wounded in a mass shooting in northern British Columbia, Canada.
The image of Our Lady of Lourdes that’s not there but everyone sees it
Posted on 02/11/2026 01:00 AM (EWTN News - Americas Catholic News)
Those who visit the chapel of the Our Lady of Lourdes shrine in the city of Alta Gracia, Argentina, witness a phenomenon that has no explanation.
What motivated 70,000 young Mexicans to make a pilgrimage to Christ the King?
Posted on 02/10/2026 10:40 AM (EWTN News - Americas Catholic News)
Motivated by their faith, 70,000 Mexican young people made the pilgrimage to the shrine of Christ the King, which commemorates the martyrs of the Cristero War period.
His former diocese ‘most likely place’ on itinerary if Pope Leo XIV visits Peru
Posted on 02/9/2026 03:00 AM (EWTN News - Americas Catholic News)
The president of Peru’s conference of bishops said a late 2026 papal visit to the country has a probability of approximately 80%.
Canadian Catholic bishops join members of Parliament in push to restrict medical aid in dying
Posted on 02/7/2026 05:00 AM (EWTN News - Americas Catholic News)
The Canadian bishops issued a statement Feb. 5 supporting Bill C-218, which would prevent persons whose sole medical condition is mental illness from accessing physician-assisted suicide.
U.S. to send second shipment of humanitarian aid to Cuba to be distributed by the Church
Posted on 02/6/2026 15:05 PM (EWTN News - Americas Catholic News)
The U.S. government announced it will send a new shipment of humanitarian aid to Cuba worth $6 million, which will be delivered directly to the population through the Catholic Church.
U.S. diplomat in Cuba meets with bishops, opposition figures
Posted on 02/6/2026 13:09 PM (EWTN News - Americas Catholic News)
Mike Hammer, chargé d’affaires of the U.S. Embassy in Cuba, is conducting visits throughout the island, during which he has met with bishops, opposition figures, and local residents.
Cuban government announces readiness to dialogue with U.S.
Posted on 02/5/2026 13:49 PM (EWTN News - Americas Catholic News)
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel stated that his government is willing to engage in dialogue with the United States, but without pressure and without regime change.
Legionaries of Christ elects Father Carlos Gutiérrez as new director general
Posted on 02/5/2026 12:49 PM (EWTN News - Americas Catholic News)
Father Carlos Alberto Gutiérrez has been elected the new director general of the Legionaries of Christ to “continue the path of renewal” of the congregation founded in Mexico.
Colombia celebrates 120th anniversary of Eucharistic miracle that stopped a tsunami
Posted on 02/5/2026 04:00 AM (EWTN News - Americas Catholic News)
Regarding the miracle that occurred more than a century ago, the bishop of Tumaco noted that it was also known to St. Carlo Acutis and is part of the exhibition he created about Eucharistic miracles.