“It’s important for the church to be part of this place, out of respect for the dignity of those women and men,” Cardinal Tobin said as he exited the facility.
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Catholic congressional Dems rebuke Mike Johnson’s biblical defense of ICE
Some 40-plus Catholic Democrats in Congress have issued what amounts to a theological rebuke of House Speaker Mike Johnson’s scriptural defense for President Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda.
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Review: How the suburbs changed the church
Focusing on Long Island, in New York, Stephen Koeth’s ‘Crabgrass Catholicism’ traces the institutional adjustments that occurred as once-urban Catholic families took up suburban living after World War II.
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Behind the scenes of Pope Leo XIV’s election
America’s senior Vatican correspondent chronicles the moments leading to the first American pope.
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Bishop Rhoades calls on Notre Dame to reverse new director’s appointment over abortion advocacy
An Indiana bishop is urging the University of Notre Dame to halt the appointment of a faculty member, who advocates openly for abortion, as head of one of the school’s research centers.
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Cardinal Cupich says feds stopped priests, demanded citizenship proof
“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.