Both Pope Francis and USCCB president, Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston, expressed their sorrow for the victims of the June 3 London terrorist attacks.
U.S. Catholics join pope in praying for victims of London attacks
Hispanic students express fear, uncertainty amid immigration clampdown
Countless immigrants across the country live in a climate of fear sparked by actions in the new administration, including President Donald Trump’s plan to build a U.S.-Mexico wall, his executive order on immigration enforcement and several highly public raids.
President takes travel ban battle to U.S. Supreme Court — and Twitter
In a series of tweets June 5, U.S. President Donald Trump seemed to express frustration with his own lawyers’ efforts to push forward with a revised version of a plan that seeks to temporarily ban travelers and refugees from certain majority Muslim countries, and said the lawyers “should have stayed with the original travel ban.”
Catholic organizations decry U.S. decision to abandon climate accord
President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris climate change agreement sets in motion a long formal process for withdrawal from the agreement which states no nation can withdraw until November 2019.
As school year ends, pope tells students: Don’t fear goodbyes, unknown
Pope Francis shares with students as the year comes to an end, “Life is a constant ‘Good morning’ and ‘Farewell'” and we need to learn how to encounter something and somebody new.
Safeguarding creation is religious obligation, Vatican officials say
In the Vatican’s annual message as this year Ramadan ends June 24, to both Christians and Muslims, believers in one God, conveys the obligation to safeguard the world God created.
Trump’s decision to abandon Paris climate pact called ‘deeply troubling’
President Donald Trump’s June 1 decision “not to honor the U.S. commitment” to the Paris climate agreement “is deeply troubling,” said the chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on International Justice and Peace.
Bishops: Senate health care bill must respect life, be ‘truly affordable’
The U.S. bishops need to “stand ready to work with Congress” to address problems with the current health care law “in ways that protect the most vulnerable among us.”