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.
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.
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.
Contraception is becoming a campaign issue in the 2024 election. Former President Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, made comments suggesting openness to regulations on contraception before backtracking on May 21. The next day, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said he plans to hold a vote in June on legislation that would protect access to contraception nationwide.
Former President Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, was found guilty on all 34 felony counts by a Manhattan jury agreeing unanimously that he falsified business records in paying hush money to an adult film actress in the closing days of the 2016 campaign.
Frank DeVita had an early start 80 years ago on June 6, 1944, in the choppy waters near Normandy, France.
Several states this year will have abortion-related constitutional amendment measures on the ballot, but in Nebraska, voters could potentially see three different abortion initiatives.
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.
A Catholic look at May as Mental Health Awareness Month would be incomplete without considering the patron saint of mental health issues, St. Dymphna, whose feast day was May 15.
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