While many Catholics took to social media asking for the intercession of Our Lady of Guadalupe in the life of migrants who have come to the U.S. seeking a better life, President Donald Trump called, on Dec. 12, her feast day, for an end to two immigration programs.
After terrorism attempt, Trump calls for end to immigration programs
Sunday has lost its sense as day of rest, renewal in Christ, pope says
On Pope Francis’ Dec. 13 weekly general audience he said, “How can we carry out the Gospel without drawing the energy needed to do it, one Sunday after another, from the limitless source of the Eucharist.”
A Christmas clothing drive in Washington helps babies in Bethlehem
Last year, to make life just a little easier for babies and their families, Michele Burke Bowe, of the hospital’s Washington-based foundation, began gathering onesies, the tiny one-piece suits many newborns wear, to give to Bethlehem’s newest residents.
With new U.S. administration, USCCB enters policy debates more often in ’17
A new presidential administration and a new Congress kept the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops as busy as ever in addressing public policy issues during 2017.
Pope: Guadalupe feast shows Mary’s closeness to those on margins
Marginalized people in today’s world are often made to feel worthless by conditions imposed upon them, the pope said in his homily during a Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica Dec. 12, the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
Washington Archdiocese appeals court decision on transit ad
The Archdiocese of Washington appealed a federal judge’s denial of a request for an emergency injunction over the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s advertising guidelines.
In Puerto Rico, much work to do and much suffering remains, says cardinal
The pope had sent the Chicago Cardinal Blase J. Cupich to the hurricane-battered island to make a visit before Christmas to express his deep concern for the people and reach out in solidarity on his behalf to those who are suffering.
Prepare way for the Lord with prayer, acts of charity, pope says
Advent is a time to make a renewed commitment to prayer and to caring for others and make space for Jesus who is coming Pope Francis said Dec. 10, the second Sunday of Advent.