More than two dozen Christian and Jewish groups filed a federal lawsuit to block a Trump policy allowing ICE agents to make arrests in places of worship.
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USCCB lays off a third of migration staff after Trump suspends refugee resettlement program
Executive orders recently signed by Trump “are causing confusion both within various agencies and with those who interact with them.”
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JD Vance says foreign aid is ‘spreading atheism,’ defends cuts at religious freedom summit
Cuts to foreign assistance directly impacted the work of some of the religious freedom organizations at the summit. USAID’s top NGO recipient for fiscal years 2013-2022 was Catholic Relief Services at $4.6 billion.
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Trump executive order will strip funds from Catholic Charities, White House says
The White House on Jan. 28 suggested it would seek to strip federal funds from nongovernmental organizations including Catholic Charities as part of its effort to enforce its immigration policies.
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JD Vance to speak at March for Life rally
Vice President JD Vance will speak at the March for Life rally in the nation’s capital Jan. 24, organizers announced a day prior to the event.
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US bishops’ president calls Trump orders on migration, death penalty ‘deeply troubling’
Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio expressed grave concern over the wave of new executive orders on immigration, the environment and the death penalty.
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Donald Trump sworn in as 47th president, pledging crackdown on U.S.-Mexico border
In his address, Trump confirmed his plans to sign a series of executive orders on Day One, including declaring a national emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border, shutting down “illegal entry,” and beginning “the process of returning millions and millions of criminal aliens back to the places from which they came.”
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Biden awards Pope Francis Presidential Medal of Freedom, nation’s highest civilian honor
Biden, the nation’s second Catholic president, spoke with the pontiff to name him a recipient of the award, the White House said.
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Trump names CatholicVote’s Brian Burch as next Holy See ambassador
President-elect Donald Trump on Dec. 20 announced his intention to appoint Brian Burch, currently the president of CatholicVote, as the next U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See.
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Supreme Court to hear Catholic agency’s religious exemption case
The U.S. Supreme Court on Dec. 13 agreed to hear a case from the Catholic Charities Bureau of the Diocese of Superior, Wisconsin, in which the agency argued a decision by the Wisconsin Supreme Court discounted its religious identity.