President Donald J. Trump issued an executive order Jan. 23 reinstating the “Mexico City Policy,” which bans all foreign nongovernmental organizations receiving U.S. funds from performing or promoting abortion as a method of family planning in other countries.
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Pope: Reckless to Prejudge Trump
As President Donald Trump was being sworn in, Pope Francis told an interviewer it would be “reckless” to pass judgment on the new president before he had a chance to do anything.
Inauguration Is Teachable Moment at Local Schools
Timing is everything. For students in Joe Russo’s government class at Cathedral Preparatory School and Seminary, Elmhurst, it meant that on the last day before midterm exams and before the curriculum switched to economics, Donald J. Trump was sworn into office as the 45th President of the United States. Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Academy, Dyker Heights, was one of many elementary schools viewing the inauguration. Each class watched in its classroom and enjoyed a dress down day with almost all the students wearing red, white and blue or other patriotic-themed clothing.
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Seeking Common Ground with Trump
As the country gets ready for the incoming Trump administration, Catholics believe it’s important to find a way to work for the common good.
St. Louis Bishops Oppose City As a Sanctuary for Abortion
A proposed city ordinance seeks to make St. Louis a “sanctuary for abortion,” said Archbishop Robert J. Carlson, who called the measure an attack on the “most deeply held moral and religious convictions of the people of this great city.”
Det. McDonald Was a Preacher of Forgiveness
Thousands of uniformed members of the New York City Police Dept. lined the streets outside St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Manhattan, Jan. 13, as the City said farewell to hero NYPD Detective Steven McDonald.
First Mexican-American Bishop in US Dies at 87
Retired Archbishop Patrick F. Flores, 87, the first Mexican-American bishop in the U.S., died of pneumonia and congestive heart failure Jan. 9 at Padua Place Residence for retired priests in San Antonio, Texas.
Priest Organizes March for Those Murdered in Chicago
Hundreds of people joined a march organized by a priest in downtown Chicago to remember nearly 800 people who died by gun violence in the city last year.