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Paul Tuns: On June 17, the tenth anniversary of the legalization of euthanasia in Canada, Parliament’s Special Joint Committee on Medical Assistance (AMAD) issued an 88-page report recommending the federal government “indefinitely exclude” people whose sole underlying condition is a mental illness from the country’s Medical Assistance in Dying regime. In 2021, Parliament expanded Canada’s ... read more

The Vatican's rare rebuke of Ambassador Burch, and the Gospel he tried to reclassify.   ... read more

Msgr. Arthur Holquin explores the Vatican's rare rebuke of Ambassador Brian Burch, and the Gospel he tried to reclassify.   ... read more

Fabio Gonnella/EWTN News David Willey, a longtime BBC correspondent who covered Rome and the Vatican for more than five decades, speaks with EWTN News in his home in Trevignano Romano, Italy, on Feb. 11, 2026. Willey died in Italy on July 11, 2026, at the age of 93. EWTN News spoke to the journalist ... read more

Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al Zaidi, right, receives Chaldean Patriarch Mar Paul III Nona. Church leaders applauded Iraq Prime Minister Ali Falih al Zaidi’s call for Christians and business leaders to return to their homeland but stressed the need for reform. ... read more

In his new book, JD Vance shares about his personal faith as well as the role of faith in the public sqaure. In ‘Communion,’ the vice president and Catholic convert argues that America should follow his lead by returning to its Christian roots ... read more

Father Pfleger has pastored the predominantly Black parish St. Sabina, located on the South Side of Chicago, since 1981. The Archdiocese of Chicago has withdrawn Father Michael Pfleger from ministry to review an allegation of sexual abuse of a minor in an instance that allegedly occurred more than 30 years ago. ... read more

Stephane de Sakutin People hold placards reading “Vote for cares. Not euthanasia” during a demonstration against a bill for the creation of a right to assisted dying at Esplanade des Invalides in Paris on Feb. 16, 2026. The final vote on the bill is set to take place Wednesday, July 15, 2026. ... read more

As African bishops continue to back Pope Leo XIV over the excommunication of the Society of St. Pius X, known as SSPX, the traditionalist group in Kenya rejected the schismatic tag as it moved to assure followers of its Roman Catholic identity. ... read more

Much has been done to mitigate rates of HIV and AIDS, but more work remains as children are still vulnerable to the virus and the disease it causes, said the Holy See's diplomatic representative to the United Nations in a July 10 address. ... read more

David Willey, a BBC correspondent whose career in Rome spanned more than 50 years and five papacies, died July 11 in Italy at the age of 93.From being a student taking in the pomp of Pope Pius XII carried in a ceremonial throne to traveling the world with St. John Paul II to writing about ... read more

EWTN News spoke to the journalist in February about his more than 50 years covering the Vatican. David Willey, a longtime BBC correspondent who covered Rome and the Vatican for more than five decades, speaks with EWTN News in his home in Trevignano Romano, Italy, on Feb. 11, 2026. Willey ... read more

On his tour of the U.S., Fr. Mattia Ferrari has heard from many immigrants experiencing fear, family separation and even detention: "They are suffering something that is completely unfair, completely unjust." ... read more

Catholic members of France’s National Assembly who vote for the country’s euthanasia and assisted-suicide bill will no longer be able to receive holy Communion, Bishop Marc Aillet of Bayonne, Lescar, and Oloron in southern France has warned ahead of the bill’s decisive final vote on July 15.“A Catholic engaged in public life cannot ignore” the ... read more

Bishop Marc Aillet has warned ahead of France’s decisive final vote on July 15 that Catholic lawmakers who support the bill “will no longer be able to receive Communion.” People hold placards reading “Vote for cares. Not euthanasia” during a demonstration against a bill for the creation of a right ... read more