U.S. bishops urge Trump to protect religious freedom
WASHINGTON – Saying “religious freedom in America has suffered years of unprecedented erosion,” U.S. Catholic bishops have posted an for Catholics to send to President Donald Trump urging him to sign an executive order promoting religious freedom.
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis could be meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump at as early as the end of May.
Opinion: No room for walls in Gospel's Golden Rule
WASHINGTON – The breadth of President Donald Trump's authority to limit refugees entering the United States will be fought in federal court and some of the legal challenges ultimately may end up before the U.S. Supreme Court.
‘Truth’ can take some strange twists in this world
Sometime around AD 30, in the context of the Roman Empire, Pontius Pilate asked Jesus of Nazareth “What is truth?”
Trump defends refugee ban as part of protecting religious freedom
WASHINGTON – On Thursday, U.S. President Donald Trump insisted that protecting religious freedom is a U.S. priority, while defending his recent halt of refugee admissions as a necessary step to protect that freedom.
WASHINGTON – The U.S. bishops are concerned by the Trump administrationƵapp decision to maintain a “troubling” Obama-era executive order that could demand federal contractors violate their religious beliefs on marriage and gender ideology.
Editorial: Justice must rule in wake of U.S. refugee ban
Unlike chaotic situations that arise from unpredictable or uncontrollable circumstances, this one was unnecessary and entirely avoidable.
Yazidi human rights leader won’t be able to pick up award due to Trump's travel ban
Vian Dakhil captured the worldƵapp attention two years ago when she made an impassioned plea to save the Yazidi religious minority from annihilation by the Islamic State group in northern Iraq.
U.S. refugee ban roundly condemned by religious voices across Canada
Catholic and other religious voices across Canada are condemning the U.S. exclusion of refugees from seven majority Muslim countries.
WASHINGTON – The chairmen of three U.S. bishops' committees Jan. 31 expressed solidarity with the Muslim community and expressed deep concern over religious freedom issues they said President Donald Trump's refugee ban raises.
DULLES, Va. – While their signs showed their discontent with President Donald Trump's executive memorandum to halt immigration from seven Middle Eastern countries, the protesters at Dulles International Airport conveyed nothing but welcome for the hundreds of travellers who arrived there Jan. 30.
BROOKLYN, N.Y. – Parishioners were distressed after a priest of the Diocese of Brooklyn posted a meme on Facebook that encouraged Trump opponents to commit suicide.
Toronto protesters join worldwide outrage against U.S. refugee ban
Ƶapp 1,000 protesters descended on the American consulate in Toronto on Jan. 30 to protest a U.S. executive order that establishes a temporary ban on immigrants to the U.S. from seven predominantly Muslim countries.
ROME – As confusion continued over President Donald TrumpƵapp ban on refugees and travellers from seven Muslim countries, Catholic leaders from Iraq are warning that the policy change will hurt thousands of Iraqi Christians languishing in Middle East refugee camps.