Immigration policies rolled out during the Trump administration have spread fear among immigrant populations in the U.S., but Catholic organizations and parishes have responded with renewed efforts focused on helping those groups, a new survey says.
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Bishops draw attention to migrant child deaths at border
In less than a year, at least six children are believed to have died while in the custody of immigration officials along the border.
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In video, Archbishop Lori expresses regret over West Virginia investigation
Archbishop William Lori of Baltimore, who is overseeing the investigation into the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston, West. Va., expressed regret over how he has handled transparency issues.
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Archbishop Broglio: U.S. restrictions on travel to Cuba will harm the church
U.S. Archbishop Broglio criticizes the Trump administration’s travel ban, saying that the survival of the church in Cuba depends on outside contact.
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Cardinal DiNardo denies mishandling abuse allegation
Cardinal DiNardo denies a characterization of how he handled an accusation by a woman who said she was manipulated into a sexual relationship with his former deputy, a priest.
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Italian bishops see ‘moral obligation’ to report abuse to police
Italian bishops have recognized their “moral obligation” to report allegations of clerical sexual abuse to the police, said the head of the Italian bishops’ child protection committee.
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Interfaith group remembers child deaths at border
“We know their names and we remember them,” said Sister Lucey, a member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia, who joined other Christian groups, along with Jewish and Muslim religious leaders and members of their faith communities at a chapel in the United Methodist Building in Washington.
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Bishop Burns of Dallas: Police raid was ‘traumatic’
“This event was most traumatic for those who were present in the building at the time, as some of the approximate 40 law enforcement agents approached employees in ski masks and SWAT gear,” Bishop Burns said in the statement.
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Gang murder or environmental crime in killing of Salvadoran priest?
Many took to social media to denounce the May 18 killing of a Salvadoran priest while urging authorities to look at the crime as a possible retaliation for Father Cecilio Perez Cruz’s criticism of the cutting of trees near the western town of Juayua.
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El Salvador lays to rest another priest presumably assassinated by gangs
Thousands attended the May 20 funeral of a Salvadoran priest found by his parishioners in what some presume is a gang killing.