The European crisis mirrors the one in the United States, where a broad-ranging Republican immigration bill was set for a vote Wednesday, with little certainty that it would survive.
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Pakistanis hopeful as Pope Francis elevates country’s second-ever cardinal
Pakistan’s second-ever cardinal of the Catholic Church is slated to be installed on Friday, June 29.
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Supreme Court deals big setback to labor unions
The 5-4 decision fulfills a longtime wish of conservatives to get rid of the so-called fair share fees that non-members pay to unions in roughly two dozen states. The court ruled that the laws violate the First Amendment by compelling workers to support unions they may disagree with.
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New York City leaders and clergy rally in defense of immigrants at the border
Together they prayed for God to change anti-human rights policies, and the hearts of those who enforce them.
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Supreme Court upholds Trump’s travel ban in a 5-4 decision
In a 5-4 decision June 26, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld President Donald Trump’s travel ban on people entering the U.S. from some Muslim-majority countries, saying the president’s action was within his power.
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Supreme Court voids part of crisis pregnancy center law
The Supreme Court says a California law that forces anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers to provide information about abortion probably violates the Constitution. The 5-4 ruling Tuesday also casts doubts on similar laws in Hawaii and Illinois.
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USCCB headquarters receives hundreds of calls from Americans seeking to foster detained kids
Hundreds of American adults have called the Washington headquarters of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops seeking to provide foster care for the separated children.
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As violence increases, Mexican bishops announce security protocols for priests and religious
Mexico suffered its most murderous year in memory in 2017, recording more than 29,000 homicides, as the country’s crackdown on drug cartels and organized crime showed few signs of success.
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Philippine president slammed for calling God ‘stupid’
The Philippine president, notorious for having insulted the pope and former U.S. President Barack Obama, has sparked outrage for calling God “stupid” in Asia’s bastion of Catholicism.
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Bishops “stopped another massacre” in Nicaragua
“I want to make a call to those who have come to this city to kill, I want to make a call to those that are sharpshooters … I want to make a call to (President) Daniel Ortega and (Vice President and first lady) Rosario Murillo, not one more death in Masaya,” Auxiliary Bishop Silvio Baez Ortega told locals outside St. Sebastian Parish.