An organization based in Silver Spring, Md., known as CLINIC–Catholic Legal Immigration Network–has called the Department of Homeland Security’s decision not to include more recent arrivals from war-torn South Sudan (apart from those already here) as part of the Temporary Protected Status designation as “morally reprehensible.”
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Two bishops removed from ministry over allegations of sexual harassment
The preliminary investigation into allegations of sexual harassment of adults and financial improprieties by Bishop Michael J. Bransfield, formerly of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia, has been completed and will be forwarded to the Vatican for final judgment.
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Possibility Maryland will legalize assisted suicide adds urgency to march
“In an already drug-ridden society, lethal pills are suddenly on the loose,” Archbishop Lori said. “In the face of Maryland’s epic opioid crisis, this is not good public policy.”
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Kenyan archbishop denies Catholic Church accepts funds from corrupt politicians
The Catholic Church in Kenya has refuted claims that it has been condoning corruption and allowing corrupt politicians to donate what they have stolen from public coffers to the church.
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Four CRS staffers aboard Ethiopian jet that crashed
Four Catholic Relief Service staff members on their way to a training session in Nairobi, Kenya, were among the passengers aboard an Ethiopian Airlines flight that crashed moments after takeoff in the east African nation.
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New York court rules Fulton Sheen’s remains should be transferred to Peoria
I want them to know that God plays an important part in their lives; and sometimes in my prayer with them, I say, “God loves every one of us, and each one out on that court is your brother; so no matter who it is, we are all creatures of God.
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N.Y. congregation’s concern leads bank to end private prison financing
A campaign by faith-based investors and investment networks, spearheaded by a New York congregation of women religious, led the nation’s largest consumer bank to announce it intended to stop investing in private prison firms.
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U.S. Jewish groups react to Vatican decision to release Pius XII archives
By next year, Jewish people everywhere will know what World War II-era Pope Pius XII did — and didn’t — do to save Jewish lives during the worst ethnic cleansing in human history.
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Venezuelan military detains CNS contributor after raid
A Catholic News Service contributor in Caracas, Venezuela, was taken by military counterintelligence officials after his home was raided early March 6.
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Negotiators agree to rules for Nicaragua dialogue
The sides also that said agreements will be reached by consensus and that those agreements will be the foundation of what the talks produce.