Canada

A government-ordered euthanasia facility, operated by the British Columbia government’s Vancouver Coastal Health Authority on the downtown campus of the Catholic-run St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver is now fully operational.

The compassion of Christ is what is needed now as the small Canadian community of Dauphin, Manitoba, comes to grips with the loss of 15 of its members in a tragic accident on the Trans-Canada Highway.

In focus: Assistance for pregnancy help centers, hate crimes up in Canada, possible eucharistic miracle in Hartford

In focus: World Day of the Sick, Vatican sports, Catholic Charities Mardi Gras celebration

“The love for people’s Catholic faith and their Catholic identity abounds in the meetings. It’s so present, and it underlies everything,” said Julia McStravog, a theologian and co-coordinator of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ team for the continental phase of the synod.

In focus: World Food Day, letter to young people, Parkland school shooting sentence, legalizing marijuana use in Missouri

In the spotlight: Mass shooting in Thailand, Hurricane Ian relief, National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Canada

A date for a new papal statement on the Doctrine of Discovery, promised by Pope Francis on his way home from Canada to Rome, has not been announced. But whenever it happens, it is likely to address core concerns of Indigenous people in Canada and in many other parts of the world.