“I’ve had some priests who are of a different color being targeted and arrested — stopped — because of their color and asking them to prove that they’re citizens. That’s not America,” Cardinal Cupich said.
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High-ranking Catholic bishops call for Trump to apologize over racist video of Obamas
Two more Catholic bishops issued statements objecting to a video posted on President Donald Trump’s Truth Social account late at night Feb. 5 that depicted former first couple President Barack and Michelle Obama as apes.
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The Moral Resistance to Trump’s Politics of Rage
As the Trump administration demeans American life and liberty, immigration and pro-life activists provide a light in the darkness.
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Archbishop Fulton Sheen’s beatification moves ahead after 6-year pause
Archbishop Sheen’s cause for canonization, opened in 2002, has been stalled by two controversies—a public battle to relocate his remains from St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York to its current location, the side chapel of the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception in Peoria; and, more significantly, concerns that as bishop of the Diocese of Rochester, the prelate might have overlooked sexual abuse by at least one former diocesan priest there.
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Temporary Protected Status for Haitian immigrants is safe—for now
They are safe for now but will Haitian immigrant residents lose temporary protected status as Secretary Krisit Noem and Trump administration desire? Their lawyer says, “Many of our clients—if not all of our clients—are absolutely petrified of going back” to Haiti.
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Incoming New York archbishop Ronald Hicks will focus on evangelizing and reengagement
The incoming archbishop of New York said Thursday that he plans to emphasize the importance of evangelizing as he takes charge of one of the biggest U.S. archdioceses.
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Jesuits struggle with fallout from Trump policies on aid, immigration and deportation
Trump administration policies on humanitarian aid, immigration and mass deportation “have human afterlives, and they end up affecting communities; they end up affecting lives,” says Marco Gómez, S.J., the country director of Fe y Alegría in Panama. “These decisions, taken far away, are affecting concrete and real people.”
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Bishop Tyson: Not all are called to be martyrs like Alex Pretti. But we can be witnesses.
People of faith are being called to view politics through the lens of faith, not the other way around.
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Pope Leo, Archbishop Coakley urge renewal of last US-Russia nuclear treaty
“The current situation requires that everything possible be done to avert a new arms race that would further threaten peace among nations,” Pope Leo said.
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Illinois pitching for funds to shore up abortion tourism denounced as ‘macabre’
“Most states, many places, entice people to come to their states for: various cultural activities, the weather, many other things. And here we are, trying to provide abortion-related services, so people can end the life of their unborn child. It’s so macabre.”