Federal officials fell short of meeting a court-ordered deadline to reunite dozens of youngsters forcibly separated from their families at the border.
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Montana bishop criticizes priests who attended Trump rally as VIPs
A Roman Catholic bishop in Montana has criticized four priests who attended President Donald Trump’s rally in Great Falls last week for wearing their black clerical garb while prominently seated in the front row directly behind the president.
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President Trump’s Supreme Court pick is down to four. Three are Catholic.
President Donald Trump has decided on his Supreme Court nominee.
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Work requirements to qualify for government aid: How well does it work?
The recipient of welfare money has to work at a job, be actively seeking a job or take part in a job training program — and be able to document it — to receive the cash assistance. Those who don’t are at risk of having their funds cut off for months. For repeat offenders, it could be years.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Chicago priest leads protest against violence that shuts down a major highway
Father Michael Pfleger led protestors up the Dan Ryan Expressway in Chicago.
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Wisconsin high court sides with fired Jesuit school professor
The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Friday that Marquette University shouldn’t have fired a conservative professor over his blog post that criticized a student instructor he believed shut down discussion about opposition to gay marriage.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Vatican Dispatch
As global migration crisis worsens, Pope Francis calls for “mercy and solidarity”; bridges, not walls
“Before the challenges of contemporary movements of migration, the only reasonable response is one of solidarity and mercy,” Pope Francis said as he celebrated Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on July 6 for migrants and refugees.
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Australia bishop appeals conviction for protecting pedophile
The most senior Roman Catholic cleric to be convicted of covering up child sex abuse said Wednesday that he would appeal the verdict and resist public pressure to resign as archbishop of an Australian city.
Posted inExplainer, Politics & Society
What would happen if Roe vs. Wade were overturned?
With a new solid conservative majority in SCOTUS, could there be new restrictions on abortion?
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
This 4th of July, we need to focus less on our independence and more on our neighbors.
Do we see ourselves as having an obligation to our neighbor or not?