Though 52% of Catholic voters cast ballots for Trump in the 2016 presidential election, the majority of Latino Catholics overwhelmingly voted for Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton.
Rhina Guidos - Catholic News Service
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U.S. sees steady decline in number of undocumented immigrants
A report released Feb. 28, says that from 2010 until 2018, a total of 2.6 million Mexican nationals “left the U.S. undocumented population” and 45% of those “left voluntarily.”
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Cardinal Dolan completes mission trip to Cuba
He said he was grateful the government welcomed priests and women religious from abroad to the country. For some communities, it’s the only way to keep the church alive in Cuba.
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Cardinal Dolan meets with Cuban President Díaz-Canel in Havana
Cardinal Dolan said he’d met Diaz-Canel twice before and the last time was in 2018, the year he took over the helm as head of Cuba from Raúl Castro.
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At Mass in Havana, Cardinal Dolan highlights church’s unifying teachings
In his pastoral visit to Cuba, Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York stresses the unifying link that the Eucharist provides to Catholics everywhere.
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Cardinal Timothy Dolan makes first visit to Cuba
Cardinal Dolan, in the midst of a six-day mission visit, his first to the island, thanked the three religious sisters of the order of St. Camillus of Lellis “for your example” after celebrating Sunday Mass with them and a group of more than two dozen residents of the facility.
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After probe is announced, Brooklyn bishop says he wants his ‘good name cleared’
In a Jan. 21 statement from the Brooklyn Diocese, the bishop said he “looks forward to the investigation of the allegation made against him and having his good name cleared and restored.”
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Report: McCarrick fund gave more than $600,000 to clerics, including two popes
Though the majority of the $6 million the fund raised in almost two decades went to charities, many priests and more than 60 cardinals and archbishops benefited from it.
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Washington Post publishes Vatican report on West Virginia investigation
The Washington Post published the 60-page document on Dec. 23 on its website, which describes previously published accounts of alleged abuse and financial misconduct by retired Bishop Michael J. Bransfield, including “troubling incidents” that caused concern by some church workers that he may have targeted minor altar servers for abuse.
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At year’s end, humanitarian aid for migrants moves across border
Makeshift camps have formed close to the border in Mexico, where people wait their turn for a hearing on U.S. soil