Amid a federal immigration crackdown, the head of Catholic Charities in the Archdiocese of New York says that while the organization is concerned for many immigrants, he also understands the government’s “legitimate attempt to deal with the bad apples, the criminals.”
The U.S. Bishops have called the Trump administration’s decision to revoke temporary legal protections for Venezuelan immigrants “counterproductive to the administration’s stated goal of reducing strain on American communities.”
Amid the uncertainty around the future of federal funding, Father Enrique Camacho said he has received calls at the Caritas Puerto Rico office from concerned citizens looking for answers — answers he is unable to provide until he gets some clarity.
Applauding a recent executive order that promotes parental choice in education, Bishop David O’Connell highlighted that the order “rightly recognizes that parents are the primary educators of their children.”
Pope Francis has expressed his “spiritual closeness to all those affected” by the midair collision of a passenger plane and military helicopter at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington on Jan. 29.
In a move that has created even more confusion for nonprofit organizations and states, among others, President Donald Trump’s budget office has rescinded a memo that ordered a temporary pause on federal grants, loans, and other financial assistance programs.
President Donald Trump will deliver a video message to the March for Life rally in the nation’s capital Jan. 24, and Vice President JD Vance will speak to the rally in person.
Executive orders signed by President Donald Trump on issues including migration, the environment and the death penalty are “deeply troubling,” Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, said in a Jan. 22 statement, while praising another on gender policy.
President Donald Trump was sworn in for a second, non consecutive term in the White House Jan. 20, becoming the nation’s 47th president four years after he left office as its 45th.
Trump’s vice president is JD Vance, the 40-year-old U.S. Senator from Ohio. Barring a bad showing in office, he will be the presumed candidate for the Republicans in 2028. If he does get the party’s nod and wins the election, he will be the third Catholic president in U.S. history.
