As the Trump administration implements its hardline immigration policies, a record-high share of U.S. adults said immigration generally benefits the country, a new Gallup Poll found.
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Patriarchs support Christian communities attacked by Israeli settlers in solidarity visit
During a solidarity visit to the West Bank village of Taybeh on July 14, the Council of Patriarchs and Heads of Churches of the Holy Land called on Israeli authorities to hold extremist settlers accountable for escalating attacks on agricultural lands and holy sites.
Pope Leo visits Italian Carabinieri station, Poor Clares during summer break
As part of his summer break, Pope Leo XIV visited members of the Italian Carabinieri in Castel Gandolfo and the Poor Clares in nearby Albano Laziale.
1 officer dead, 3 seminarians kidnapped after attack on Nigerian seminary
In Nigeria’s Edo state, gunmen stormed Immaculate Conception Minor Seminary in the Diocese of Auchi the night of July 10, killing a security officer and abducting three seminarians, according to Aid to the Church in Need.
Trump administration to appeal after judge blocks ICE detentions based on race
The Trump administration plans to appeal a federal judge’s July 11 ruling that bars immigration officers in Southern California from conducting immigration enforcement actions based solely on a person’s race or the fact that person is speaking Spanish.
80 years after ‘Trinity,’ Catholic-hosted gathering calls to abolish nuclear weapons
Representatives of various groups, including one that earned a Nobel Peace Prize, gathered at an interfaith event in Albuquerque, N.M., to call for nuclear disarmament worldwide.
Gaza’s Christian community persevering amid hardship and hope
The parish priest of Gaza Strip’s small Christian community admitted his flock is exhausted by war and a severe lack of food.
Nearly one in three conceptions in England and Wales end in abortion, government figures reveal
Nearly one in three conceptions in England and Wales end in abortion, newest government figures have revealed.
Caring for others, serving life is the ‘supreme law,’ pope says
Serving life by caring for others is “the supreme law” that comes before all of society’s rules, Pope Leo XIV said.
Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors’ new president ‘pioneer in his field,’ French lawyer says
Archbishop Thibault Verny of Chambéry, France, made international headlines as he succeeded one of the most acclaimed figures of church safeguarding in the world, Cardinal Sean O’Malley — retired archbishop of Boston — in his role as president of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors.
Jesus did not ignore those in need, and neither should Christians, pope says
The pope celebrated the Mass in the small Church of St. Thomas of Villanova, just across the main square from the papal villa in Castel Gandolfo. The pope arrived in the hilltop town south of Rome July 6 for a brief vacation until July 20.
Cardinal Czerny asks church to remember seafarers on Sea Sunday
Basing his reflection on the insight of Vatican II that whatever is genuinely human resonates in the hearts of Christians, the Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, Cardinal Michael Czerny, assures “all those who work at sea … that they are in the heart of the Church; they are not alone in their demands for justice, dignity, and joy.”