15,000 Catholics ask Trump to honour Paris climate agreement
WASHINGTON – Thousands of Catholics asked President Donald Trump to honour the Paris climate agreement, continue U.S. contributions to the Green Climate Fund and implement the Clean Power Plan governing power plant emissions.
One unanticipated consequence of the election of Donald Trump as 45th President of the United States has been the rediscovery of a seminal novel first published in 1949. According to The New York Times, George OrwellƵapp 1984 is being reprinted around the world and is at the top of bestseller lists.
ROME – Despite opposing views on some issues, the U.S. Embassy to the Holy See will still look for common ground on global issues, the interim leader of the embassy said.
WASHINGTON – Within hours of President Donald Trump's new executive order March 6 banning arrivals from six majority-Muslim nations, Catholic and other religious groups joined secular leaders in questioning the wisdom of such a move, with others vowing to oppose it outright.
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court will not hear the case of a transgender studentƵapp demand to access public school single-sex bathrooms, instead sending it back to the lower courts for reconsideration.
ORLANDO, Fla. – President Donald Trump visited St. Andrew Catholic School in Orlando March 3 to show his support for school choice.
WASHINGTON – After President Donald Trump addressed a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, pro-life leaders wished he had spoken more to their concerns of federal abortion funding in health care.
Pope paints picture of Sweden that's at odds with TrumpƵapp
VATICAN CITY – In an interview with a magazine that supports the homeless, Pope Francis suggested wealthy nations are partly to blame for the migrant crisis and urged Europeans and others to stand “in the shoes” of those arriving at their borders.
Some Catholics attack immigration policies, others urge new approach
WASHINGTON – Donald Trump campaigned by saying he would aggressively go after the country's 11 million unauthorized immigrants, promising deportation forces and a border wall with Mexico paid for by the United States' neighbor to the south.
WASHINGTON – The Trump administrationƵapp new border and immigration enforcement rules needlessly endanger the vulnerable, militarize the border and will cause many other problems, the U.S. bishops warned this week.
Trump draws praise for withdrawing transgender bathroom regulation
WASHINGTON – On Wednesday night, the Trump administration withdrew an Obama-era guidance that had directed schools to allow students to use the bathroom or locker room of the gender they currently identify with, not the facilities of their birth or biological sex.
Churches ramp up pressure to suspend Safe Third Country Agreement
As the flood of refugees slipping across the Canada-U.S. border continues, churches are stepping up their calls for the government to suspend CanadaƵapp Safe Third Country Agreement with the United States.
Religious organizations and leaders were swift to react to new Trump administration policies that will widely expand deportations of undocumented immigrants.
Trump administration announces wide-ranging immigration guidelines
WASHINGTON – In two memos published Feb. 20, the Department of Homeland Security outlined guidelines that White House officials said would enhance enforcement of immigration laws inside the country as well as prevent further unauthorized immigration into the U.S.
TrumpƵapp wish to ban Muslim immigration is widely shared in Europe
PARIS – When Americans demonstrated against President TrumpƵapp recent entry ban against citizens of seven mostly Muslim countries, marchers in London, Paris, Berlin and other European cities quickly joined in the protest. The message from across the Atlantic seemed to be “we’re with you.”