Touting efforts to protect religious freedom, President Donald Trump told the National Prayer Breakfast that his administration would defend the right of faith-based adoption agencies to place children in families based on firmly held religious beliefs.
Trump defends rights of faith-based adoption agencies at prayer breakfast
Pope encourages worldwide prayer in fight against trafficking
The International Day of Prayer and Awareness Against Human Trafficking, Feb. 8, invites people to host or attend a prayer service that fosters awareness of and support for victims of trafficking.
Cardinal says closing seven ‘of our beloved schools’ tough decision
Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan, pictured in a June 7, 2018, announced Feb. 4 the closing of seven schools within the Archdiocese of New York.
Prospects for arms race rise with demise of historic nuclear treaty
On Feb. 2, 2019, the U.S. announced its withdrawal from the INF treaty, followed by Russia a day later. The move has prompted concerns among disarmament advocates there could be a new arms race.
Wounded warriors are HEROs combating ‘epidemic’ of child pornography
Former marine finds new mission as a “human exploitation rescue operative,” or HERO, pursuing predators who collect and trade child pornography on the internet.
Mother tells how daughter became victim of sex trafficking, lost her life
The Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2018 recently passed by Congress and signed Jan. 8 by President Donald Trump allocates $430 million through 2022 to prevent and respond to human trafficking in the U.S. and abroad.
Head of U.S. bishops says new ‘season’ could come after abuse crisis
The laity may be angry over the most recent revelations of the Catholic Church’s sex abuse crisis, but bishops, particularly younger ones, share in that anger and “want to move with real force” toward solutions and it could yield a new season for the church, said the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Feb. 6.
Dioceses warned of possible legal action by Ky. student’s lawyers
The letters — from the lawyers for Covington Catholic High School student Nick Sandmann, the student most prominent in viral footage of the Jan. 18 encounter in Washington — were sent to individuals and groups the attorneys think may have defamed or libeled Sandmann particularly in the initial reaction on social media.