In its next term, the Supreme Court will examine if the Trump administration illegally tried to end a program that protects young adults brought to the U.S. as minors without documentation.
Supreme Court to take up DACA case, not abortion law, next term
Vatican publishes itinerary for papal trip to Africa Sept. 4-10
Pope Francis’ sixth foreign trip of 2019 will take him to Mozambique, Madagascar and Mauritius Sept. 4-10, the Vatican announced.
Bishop tries to help migrants at international bridge in El Paso
Bishop Mark J. Seitz of the U.S. border Diocese of El Paso, Texas, walked and prayed with a group of migrants at the Lerdo International Bridge in El Paso June 27 as they sought asylum in the U.S.
Remains of Archbishop Sheen transferred from New York to Peoria Diocese
Bishop Daniel R. Jenky of Peoria, Ill., announced June 27, 2019, that the remains of Archbishop Sheen, a candidate for sainthood, were being transferred from St. Patrick’s Cathedral to the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception in Peoria.
Supreme Court stops citizenship question in census, for now
The Supreme Court, for now, blocked the Trump administration’s added citizenship question to the 2020 census, sending the case back to a lower court.
Report details attacks on, abuses against religious freedom worldwide
The State Department’s newly released annual report on international religious freedom shows continued attacks and abuse by governments and societies against religious minorities in their respective countries.
Seminarian killed in crash called ‘humble man’ who cared for others
Seminarian Jason Paul Marshall from the Archdiocese of Santa Fe was one of two people killed in the tragic bus accident June 23 involving the University of New Mexico Aquinas Newman Center’s youth group and their chaperones.
U.S. bishops join pope reacting to photos of drowned migrant father, child
“This image cries to heaven for justice. This image silences politics. Who can look on this picture and not see the results of the failures of all of us to find a humane and just solution to the immigration crisis?” the bishops said in a June 26 statement.