U.S. President Donald Trump announces his Cuba policy July 16 at the Manuel Artime Theater in Little Havana, a neighborhood of Miami. (CNS photo/Joe Skipper, Reuters)

News, Politics & Society

Poll: Most U.S. Catholics disapprove of President Trump’s job performance

by Michael J. O’Loughlin June 20, 2017

Just 38 percent of Catholics say they approve of the president.

Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin of Newark, N.J., speaks June 14 of the opening day of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' annual spring assembly in Indianapolis. (CNS photo/Sean Gallagher, The Criterion)

Faith, News

Bishops: Repealing Obamacare and gutting the safety net will hurt the poor

by Michael J. O’Loughlin June 15, 2017

“The Affordable Care Act for all of its flaws was a movement in favor of comprehensive health care,” Bishop Robert McElroy said.

Syriac Bishop Barnaba Yousif Habash of Newark, N.J., speaks June 14 during the opening sesson of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' annual spring assembly in Indianapolis. (CNS photo/Natalie Hoefer, The Criterion)

Faith, News

Bishops extend work of immigration group after vigorous floor debate

by Michael J. O’Loughlin June 15, 2017

On the same day the bishops decided to establish a permanent committee on religious liberty, they agreed to extend the work of an ad hoc committee on immigration.

People participate in a protest on Feb. 11 against U.S. President Donald Trump's immigration policy and the recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids in New York City. (CNS photo/Stephanie Keith, Reuters)

Dispatches, Politics & Society

Bishops renew pledge to fight Trump-backed immigration proposals

by Michael J. O’Loughlin June 14, 2017

Catholic bishops pledged to be more proactive in laying out a vision for comprehensive immigration reform.

Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston, who is president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, center, speaks on June 14 during the opening of the bishops' annual spring assembly in Indianapolis. (CNS photo/Sean Gallagher, The Criterion)

Dispatches, Faith

Updates from the U.S. bishops’ meeting: Repealing Obamacare will hurt the poor

by Michael J. O’Loughlin June 14, 2017

Live updates from Indianapolis as the bishops gather for their annual spring meeting.

Atlanta Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory, center, and other prelates applaud on Nov. 14 after an address by Archbishop Christophe Pierre, apostolic nuncio to the United States, during the annual fall general assembly of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Baltimore. (CNS photo/Bob Roller)

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What you need to know about this year’s Catholic bishops’ meeting

by Michael J. O’Loughlin June 13, 2017

Some of the issues on the bishops’ agenda—immigration and health care specifically—have already caused a great deal of tension between the White House and Catholic leaders.