Nearly a week before closely watched midterm congressional elections, President Donald Trump has announced he intends to issue an executive order to end birthright citizenship in the United States.
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Thousands of B’klyn Pilgrims Visit Basilica in Nation’s Capitol
A diocesan tradition dating back to 1922 commenced Oct. 27 when more than 2,400 locals from more than 50 parishes embarked on a daylong pilgrimage to visit the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C.
Buffalo Diocesan Protocols for Addressing Abuse Claims Scrutinized by ’60 Minutes’
How the Diocese of Buffalo handles cases of priests suspected of abuse was the subject of a report Oct. 28 by the CBS newsmagazine “60 Minutes,” which talked to a woman who leaked diocesan files on those priests to a local TV station.
Catholic Groups Urge Humane Treatment of Migrants Headed to Border
As a group from Central America heads to the border between the U.S. and Mexico, the Trump administration is said to be getting ready to send troops to meet them and Catholic groups are asking that the migrants be treated humanely.
Activists Push US Bishops on Lay Role in Recovery From Abuse Scandals
Ahead of next month’s high-stakes meeting of U.S. bishops, a number of Catholic women and men are petitioning for greater involvement of the laity in the Church’s response to the ongoing clerical sex abuse crisis.
In Wake of Synagogue Massacre, Pittsburgh Bishop Urges ‘Never Again!’
Following a deadly shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue on Saturday, Bishop David Zubik decried “anti-Jewish bigotry” as a “terrible sin.”
Buffalo Diocese Whistleblower to Tell Her Story on ‘60 Minutes’
As embattled Bishop Richard Malone of Buffalo, N.Y., faces serious scrutiny of his handling of sex abuse cases, the original whistleblower in the case is set to appear in an interview with 60 Minutes.
Court Hears Arguments in Suit Aiming to Take Mandate Exemption from Little Sisters
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals based in San Francisco heard oral arguments Oct. 19 in a lawsuit that aims to overturn a 2017 federal regulation expanding the exemption to the federal contraceptive mandate to include the Little Sisters of the Poor and other religious employers.
Abuse Crisis Tops Agenda for USCCB Meeting
The firestorm surrounding the clergy sex abuse crisis and the way some bishops handled allegations of abuse against priests will be an important part of the agenda of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ fall general assembly.
Bishops to Start 2019 with Spiritual Retreat
The U.S. bishops will start 2019 with a spiritual retreat to pray and reflect on the important matters facing the Catholic Church.