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He was the youngest and last survivor of the Big Six civil rights activists, a group led by Martin Luther King Jr. that had the greatest impact on the movement.
"The administration's efforts to effectively end asylum have been met with a massive outpouring of opposition from the public, particularly the interfaith community," said the Catholic Legal Immigration Network Inc.
In this 2017 file photo, a statue of Jesuit missionary Father Eusebio Kino stands in Kino Park in Nogales, Ariz. On July 13, 2020, Pope Francis recognized Father Kino's heroic virtues, giving him the title "venerable" and advancing his sainthood cause. (CNS photo/Nancy Wiechec)
Kino was ”a classic example of the 17th-century philosopher-scientist, where faith meets science,” remembered as a defender of the Indigenous people of what would become the United States of America and Mexico.
Harvard University, which will require most of its undergraduates to take classes remotely this fall, joined a lawsuit against a directive that would have rescinded visas from international students unable to attend classes in person. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
The Trump administration backed down from a move to strip visas from students taking classes online, but colleges must be vigilant in protecting their international guests, writes Drew Roberts of Santa Clara University.
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Hint: He’s not another Francis.
As a result of a public outcry and pressure, federal immigration authorities had agreed to rescind the directive and "return to the status quo."
The faithful must stand against measures that dehumanize asylum seekers and welcome immigrants among us.
New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan leads a July 11, 2020, prayer service at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City during which he blessed the cremated remains of 250 Mexicans who had died from COVID-19. The majority of the deceased had been employed as front-line workers in the New York area. The Mexican consulate in New York helped plan the liturgy and arranged for the ashes to be transported by plane to Mexico following the service. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz) 
In a moving ceremony at New York's St. Patrick's Cathedral, Cardinal Timothy Dolan blessed the cremated remains of Mexican nationals who had worked in city hospitals at the height of the pandemic and subsequently died from the virus before they were flown back to Mexico for burial.
Black Catholics believe that the time is now for the church to have a long-overdue reassessment over its role with racism and racial injustice.
The court is functioning less as a judicial body than as a relief valve for legislative dysfunction and executive overreach.