Historically renowned for its outstanding health care as “the hospital of the Middle East,” Lebanon is on the verge of a serious health crisis.
More than 10 months after Beirut blast: ‘We are bleeding, help is needed’
Official says Vatican paid more than $7 million in property taxes in 2020
An Italian rapper, Fedez, made comments about Vatican taxes while slamming the Vatican for expressing its concerns about an anti-homophobia bill.
U.S. bishops praise Biden for committing to give vaccines to needy nations
USCCB’s Committee on International Justice and Peace praised President Joe Biden June 23 for his commitment to provide 500 million COVID-19 vaccines to lower-income countries.
CLINIC joins forces with U.N. agency to help people who are ‘stateless’
The UNHCR project called “United Stateless,” CLINIC said it hopes to be able to do something to change that for the approximately 200,000 people in the U.S. who fit the description of being stateless.
Catholic Charities leaders urge wider federal support for affordable housing
Officials overseeing Catholic Charities-connected housing initiatives are calling on Congress to boost funding and expand tax credits for affordable housing programs that serve older adults and homeless people.
House GOP leaders, attorneys general urge Congress to make Hyde permanent
The Hyde Amendment prohibits use of federal Medicaid dollars for abortion except in cases of rape, incest or when the life of the woman would be endangered.
With owner in jail, assets frozen, Hong Kong newspaper announces closure
Hong Kong’s pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily will print its final edition “no later than Saturday,” bosses confirmed June 23, after police froze accounts and arrested staff using a new national security law.
Interfaith services pray for refugees, herald their strength, courage
The number of refugees resettled in the United States was at its the lowest in 2020 since the founding of the resettlement program in 1980.