Catholic Review
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Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, Vatican, World News
The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Feb. 11 thanked Pope Francis for his support for the U.S. bishops’ work with migrants and refugees amid the current “struggle” on immigration policies in the U.S.
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Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, Religious Freedom, World News
More than two dozen Christian and Jewish groups filed a lawsuit Feb. 11 in federal court to challenge a Trump administration policy that rescinded long-standing restrictions on Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from making arrests at what are seen as sensitive locations, including houses of worship, schools and hospitals.
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Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News
Efforts to repeal the death penalty have been introduced in two Republican-led states, with some lawmakers citing their Catholic faith as a factor in their opposition to capital punishment. The efforts come even as President Donald Trump has moved to expand the use of the practice.
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Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, World News
After two federal judges in two days blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to rescind birthright citizenship, a third federal judge followed suit on Feb. 10.
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Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops issued layoff notices to about a third of the staff in its Migration and Refugee Services Office on Feb. 7 after it stopped receiving reimbursements from the federal government for its work with refugees who qualify for federal assistance, per an internal memo.
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Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, World News
Two federal judges in two days blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to rescind birthright citizenship.
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Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, World News
President Donald Trump said in remarks to the National Prayer Breakfast Feb. 6 that he would create a task force, led by Attorney General Pam Bondi, to investigate “anti-Christian” bias in the federal government.
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Filed Under: Catholic Social Teaching, Feature, Missions, News, World News
Concern is mounting that the ongoing tumult at the U.S. Agency for International Development is jeopardizing lives and livelihoods supported by the government’s humanitarian aid agency in countries all over the globe, including those assisted by Catholic and other faith-based humanitarian groups.
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Vice President JD Vance defended cuts to U.S. foreign aid in remarks to the International Religious Freedom Summit Feb. 5, arguing the funds were “spreading atheism” abroad.
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Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News
Claims that the U.S. bishops’ conference profits from its partnership with the government to assist refugee populations that qualify for federal assistance, and that the Catholic Church facilitates illegal immigration are “just wrong,” said William Canny, the U.S. bishops’ migration director.
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Filed Under: Feature, Health Care, News, Respect Life, U.S. Congress, World News
In a pair of January confirmation hearings, senators considered President Donald Trump’s nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for secretary of Health and Human Services.
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Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News
In a move welcomed by the U.S. bishops’ chair on family life, President Donald Trump Jan. 28 signed an executive order stating his administration would seek to prohibit certain types of medical or surgical gender reassignment procedures for minors who identify as transgender.
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