With bipartisan immigration legislation again unable to garner enough support in the Senate to pass last week, the head of the U.S. Bishops’ Conference Migration and Refugee Services said he doesn’t expect immigration reform before the presidential election this November.
Author: John Lavenburg
U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See Donnelly to Step Down
After two years serving as the U.S. ambassador to the Holy See, Joseph Donnelly will soon step down from the post and return to his home state of Indiana, the U.S. Embassy to the Holy See announced in a May 30 social media post.
Eucharistic Pilgrimage Chaplain Has Seen ‘Heroism’ Along the Route
When the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage passed through the Bronx May 24, Father Roger Landry witnessed what he describes as the heroic efforts of an older woman, who insisted on getting out of her wheelchair to kneel before Jesus.
Report: U.S. Catholics ‘Desire to Rebuild and Strengthen Our Communion’
To address noticeable tensions, American Catholics want Church leaders to foster unity through promoting interculturality and greater co-responsibility, and for them to better articulate Church teaching, according to the latest synod synthesis report for the American Church.
For Local Faithful Who Joined the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage, ‘Jesus Is Alive in the Eucharist’
Almost halfway across the Brooklyn Bridge toward Manhattan on May 26, “amazing” was the only word Riya D’Souza-Pereira could come up with to describe the scene around her of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage.
NY Catholic Conference Says the Requirement to Cover Abortion Should Be Overturned
While expressing disappointment that a New York State Court of Appeals has upheld a state mandate that requires employers to cover abortion in their employee health insurance plans, the New York State Catholic Conference is confident an appeal to the Supreme Court will be successful.
Pilgrims Embark on the Seton Route to the National Eucharistic Congress, ‘Rekindling a Living Faith’
At one point of a May 18 Eucharistic procession in New Haven, Connecticut, amid a light rain, Archbishop Christopher Coyne of Hartford said he remembers pausing, turning around, and witnessing a great parade of 600-700 people behind him.
U.S. Bishops Call Filipino Cardinal’s Role at Eucharistic Congress a ‘Gift’
In what the head of the American bishops’ conference is calling a “gift,” Filipino Cardinal Luis Tagle will serve as Pope Francis’ special envoy to the National Eucharistic Congress this summer.
Vatican Reverses St. Louis Archdiocese Plan to Merge 3 Parishes
Reversing decisions made by Archbishop Mitchell Rozanski almost a year ago, the Vatican ruled this week that it did not find just cause for the Archdiocese of St. Louis to merge three parishes and close one other as part of its restructuring plan.
While Recovering in Miami, Haitian Bishop Says Homeland Needs a ‘New Beginning’
Without setting a timetable, Haitian Bishop Pierre-André Dumas of Anse-á-Veau and Miragoâne said that as soon as he is able, he will return to the Caribbean nation to accompany and give hope to his people, and also to serve as a witness of God’s love.
