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As Canada copes with wildfires from western Alberta province to eastern Nova Scotia, among the more than 3,000 men and women combating the flames is Fr. Gerald Mendoza.

A parish priest was shot dead as he drove on a rural Mexican highway May 22, marking yet another attack in what has become the most murderous country for Catholic clergy.

Victims of clerical sex abuse have bitterly criticized plans by France's Catholic bishops for all clergy to include a scannable QR code on their identity cards certifying whether they face restrictions for crimes or misdemeanors.

The Catholic Church has dispatched aid materials to the hardest-hit regions of Myanmar after deadly Cyclone Mocha battered the southeast Asian country May 14.

Fr. John W. Crossin, an Oblate of St. Francis de Sales, who was an expert in the field of Christian ecumenism and interreligious dialogue, died May 12 after a brief illness. He was 75.

Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Perry of Chicago has been named chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism.

Ukrainian church leaders have cautiously welcomed news of a Vatican visit by their country's president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, after a fresh wave of Russian missile attacks in anticipation of a counteroffensive by Kyiv's forces.

As Title 42 drew to its scheduled close May 11, Catholic immigration advocates called for public policy on immigration that recognizes the humanity of migrants and asylum-seekers.

The Diocese of Lexington, Kentucky, is partnering with Housing Development Alliance and Homes Inc. to provide flood survivors with new homes that are safe, energy efficient and sustainable.

After the election of the new leaders of Brazil's bishops' conference April 24, two Afro Brazilian priests released a public letter criticizing the fact that most of them are white and affirmed that the Brazilian church's "power structure" is tainted by "racism" and by a "pact of whiteness."

Rains triggered flooding and landslides in Rubavu, Rwanda, May 3, swamping residents homes. As the death toll from the flooding and landslides in neighboring Congo surpassed 400, Catholic bishops in the country expressed their deep sorrow and called for support.

Dallas Bishop Edward Burns addressed the faithful of the diocese "with a heavy heart" late May 6 after at least eight people, including a child, were killed during a mass shooting that afternoon at an outlet mall in Allen, Texas.

"Prayer that leads to action" is needed to counter a bewildering rise in gun violence, Atlanta Archbishop Gregory Hartmayer said after two deadly mass shootings that took place within a week of each other in Georgia.

A new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ruling announced April 6 may help Sharon Lavigne's Rise St. James and other environmental justice groups in the region in their fight.

A Catholic response to those experiencing gender dysphoria "must both affirm God-given sex and recognize the struggle of the person in front of us," Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City said in a new pastoral letter.

Russia's seizure of Europe's largest nuclear power plant in Ukraine has undermined global nuclear security, while serving as a "wake-up call" to ending energy dependence on Russia, said experts at a recent panel discussion hosted by Manor College in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, a Catholic college.

Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory of Washington made a special homecoming to Illinois April 29, where the Chicago native was among six 2023 recipients of the Order of Lincoln, the state's highest honor for professional achievement and public service.

A federal judge has recused himself from an archdiocesan bankruptcy case, following an Associated Press report on his affiliations with and donations to the Catholic Church, and despite a vote of confidence from a federal judicial conference committee.

Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop Thomas J. Tobin of Providence, Rhode Island, and Coadjutor Bishop Richard G. Henning of Providence immediately succeeds him.