Canada’s lack of disabilities minister criticized by pro-life advocates — By: Catholic News Agency

null / Credit: BUTENKOV ALEKSEI/Shutterstock CNA Staff, May 22, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). The Canadian government’s abolishment of a government ministry for disabled citizens underscores the government’s “demeaning attitude” toward disabled people, advocates say, particularly after the country opted to expand the national euthanasia program to include those with disabilities.  Canadian Prime Minister Mark…

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Synod undersecretary: Leo XIV ‘doesn’t govern from his office, he goes out to meet people’ — By: Catholic News Agency

Spanish Augustinian Bishop Luis Marín de San Martín and Cardinal Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV. / Credit: Courtesy of Bishop Luis Marín Vatican City, May 22, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). The undersecretary of the general secretariat of the Synod of Bishops, the Spanish Augustinian Bishop Luis Marín de San Martín, is among those…

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2 Mexican officials assassinated: The Church expresses ‘profound consternation’ — By: Catholic News Agency

Police patrol in Mexico City. / Credit: David Ramos/ACI Prensa Puebla, Mexico, May 21, 2025 / 19:22 pm (CNA). The Mexican Bishops’ Conference expressed its “profound consternation” following the assassination of two senior officials of the Mexico City government, which occurred Tuesday in the Mexican capital. The victims of the shooting are Ximena Guzmán, private…

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