Faithful and furry: People and pets await next pope May 8, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: 2024 Election, News, Vatican, World News It is not just people who flock to St. Peter’s Square to watch the chimney atop the Sistine Chapel; some furry, faithful companions have also been waiting it out.
Trump signs executive order directing government to only recognize two biological sexes January 22, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, News, Respect Life, Uncategorized, World News President Donald Trump signed executive orders Jan. 20 that direct the U.S. government to only recognize two sexes, male and female, and another ending diversity, equity and inclusion programs within federal agencies.
‘We go to cry with them,’ says nun as migrants lament Trump immigration orders January 22, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News Hours after the inauguration, Trump issued several executive orders, one of which declared migrant crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border an emergency.
Trump’s birthright citizenship order challenged in lawsuit January 21, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Immigration and Migration, News, World News A coalition of advocacy groups led by the American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal lawsuit Jan. 20 challenging President Donald Trump’s Day 1 executive order seeking to change the interpretation of the 14th Amendment, which grants birthright citizenship.
Trump’s Day 1 includes executive orders on birthright citizenship, climate January 21, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Environment, Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News Among the first acts of his second term, President Donald Trump signed a series of executive orders including on immigration, birthright citizenship and climate. Some Catholic organizations expressed concern about the scope of his orders and their potential impact on migrants.
Wisdom, strength, humility focus of Inauguration Day prayers for President Trump January 21, 2025By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, News, World News As Catholics prayed across the country for President Donald Trump as he was sworn in as the nation’s 47th president Jan. 20, Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York was in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda in Washington offering an opening prayer during the inauguration ceremony minutes before Trump took the oath of office.
Church leaders support migrants threatened by deportation plans, urge readiness to receive them January 21, 2025By David Agren OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News Cardinal Blase J. Cupich of Chicago reassured migrants in his archdiocese that reports of a possible mass deportation by a new administration in Washington that would target the Chicago area “wound us deeply.”
Donald Trump sworn in as 47th president, pledging crackdown on U.S.-Mexico border January 20, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News President Donald Trump was sworn in for a second, nonconsecutive term in the White House Jan. 20, becoming the nation’s 47th president four years after he left office as its 45th.
Brooklyn priest who will give benediction at inaugural bonded with Trump over gravesite visit January 19, 2025By Ed Wilkinson OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, News, World News Father Frank Mann and Donald Trump, former president and now president-elect, have become so close that the Brooklyn-born priest has been invited to deliver the closing benediction at Trump’s inauguration ceremony Jan. 20 in Washington.
Trump preparing Day 1 wave of executive orders, including on immigration January 17, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News President-elect Donald Trump is preparing a wave of executive orders for his first day in office, including what could constitute dramatic action on deportations as well as other policy items on his agenda.
Biden’s Catholic faith both key and complex part of his legacy January 17, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, News, World News In the waning days of his single term in the White House, President Joe Biden announced he would bestow the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction, the nation’s highest civilian honor, to Pope Francis.
Radio Interview: American politics and two-party dominance January 13, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview, U.S. Congress As the United States prepares to swear in a new president, Catholic Review Editor Christopher Gunty takes a look at the state of politics and elections.
