McCarrick had been removed from ministry at the direction of the Vatican in June 2018 due to a credible allegation of sexual abuse of a teenager investigated by the Archdiocese of New York.
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Report: 10 million Christians in US at risk of mass deportation
A joint Catholic-Evangelical report found that an overwhelming majority of people impacted by the Trump administration’s mass deportations are Christian.
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Hundreds join El Paso bishop’s protest against migrant mass deportation, asylum bans
Bishop Mark Seitz led a March 24 demonstration and prayer vigil to protest the Trump administration’s immigration policy.
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From the farm fields to the pulpit: Lessons from a bishop who sends seminarians to pick fruit alongside migrants
“I become better—a better bishop and a better priest, and better to my men—precisely because I want to generate love for the migrant who’s passing through this diocese,” says Bishop Joseph Tyson of Yakima. “We’ve got to find a way of preaching and teaching that better.”
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The four signs of a truly synodal church
Reflecting on the final document of the synod, Archbishop Charles Jason Gordon proposes four marks of a synodal church: relating, listening, discerning and self-emptying.
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Texas border bishop announces march and vigil protesting Trump mass deportations
“The threat of mass deportations is untenable and immoral and demands a credible response,” Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso, Texas, wrote in an open letter to “all people of faith and everyone committed to the common good.”
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Trump administration terminates US bishops’ refugee resettlement contract
The Trump administration “immediately terminated” its contract with the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops for refugee resettlement, effective Feb. 27, according to letters issued by the U.S. State Department a day earlier.
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4 areas where Trump and Catholics might find common ground on immigration—in principle
Areas for possible dialogue between the church and the Trump administration included anti-human-trafficking efforts, the status of Dreamers and the right of a nation to control its borders.
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US bishops sue Trump administration for refugee settlement funding freeze
“The conference suddenly finds itself unable to sustain its work to care for the thousands of refugees who were welcomed into our country and assigned to the care of the USCCB by the government after being granted legal status.”
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The bishops, Trump and why we can’t predict the future of politics
We cannot wish away reality with counterfactual speculation–nor should we try.