After negotiations between Democratic congressional leaders and the White House on a new federal emergency pandemic relief collapsed Aug. 7.
Executive actions seen providing minimal boost to economy hit hard by COVID-19
House appropriations bill ends pro-life policies guiding foreign aid
The U.S. House passed an appropriations bill that ends a policy banning all foreign nongovernmental organizations receiving U.S. funds from performing or promoting abortion as a method of family planning in other countries.
Ahead of third execution, church leaders had called for clemency or delay
Several Catholic bishops joined more than 1,000 religious leaders urging Trump and Attorney General William Barr July 7 to stop the execution scheduled Aug. 28.
Since high court’s ruling, administration has taken slow action on DACA
Since the Supreme Court ruled in June that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, could stay in place.
Panel looks at role racism, religion, COVID-19 will play in elections
The concern over government response to COVID-19 and the economic collapse brought about by the pandemic with the national reckoning over racism has found Catholics sharing in a public mood that has decidedly soured on politics.
Cardinal Tobin asks Trump to grant clemency to federal death-row inmate
In a letter to President Donald Trump, Cardinal Tobin said capital punishment makes the United States morally stand apart in the world.
Trump’s decision to withdraw U.S. from WHO ‘deeply regrettable,’ CHA says
President Donald Trump has formally withdrawn the U.S. from the World Health Organization.
Faith leaders urge president, attorney general to halt federal executions
Over 1,000 religious leaders have signed a joint statement urging President Donald Trump and Attorney General William Barr to stop the executions scheduled to take place in July and August at the Federal Correctional Complex in Terre Haute, Indiana.