Hours after a July 6 prayer vigil that Bishop Dennis G. Walsh of Davenport, Iowa, led for immigrant construction worker Pascual Pedro Pedro, Immigration and Customs Enforcement authorities deported the 20-year-old West Liberty, Iowa, parishioner to Guatemala, his homeland.
Toronto Blue Jays left fielder Will Robertson takes home field advantage wherever he goes: he’s a proud Catholic from mid-Missouri.
A federal judge on July 10 placed a temporary nationwide block on President Donald Trump’s executive order to to end the practice of birthright citizenship as part of a class action lawsuit.
Amid concern over immigration enforcement raids in the area, the bishop of San Bernardino, California, on July 8 issued a dispensation from the obligation to attend Sunday Mass for the faithful if they fear for their well-being.
On July 7, the Department of Homeland Security announced it would terminate the designation of Temporary Protected Status for the nations of Honduras and Nicaragua, effective Sept. 8.
A federal judge placed a temporary restraining order on a provision in the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” which President Donald Trump signed into law July 4, that would have stopped Planned Parenthood from receiving Medicaid payments for a year.
The Catholic Church maintains its stance of not endorsing or opposing political candidates, following a recent court case in which a long-standing federal ban against such activity appeared to have been partly relaxed.
After his pastoral visit to flood-ravaged Kerr County, Texas, over the July 4 holiday weekend, Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller of San Antonio spoke with OSV News about faith, suffering and compassion amid the tragedy.
Three North Americans are among recent appointees to Vatican dicasteries that address issues of ecumenism and interreligious dialogue.
Bishop Robert Brennan is joined by his successor in the Diocese of Columbus, Bishop Earl Fernandes, in promoting the Religious Workforce Protection Act to help avert priest shortages in the U.S.
