President Donald Trump signed an executive order Feb. 5 barring biological males from competing in women’s sports.
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Opinion: Francis and Trump Are Leaders Who Prize Loyalty
President Donald Trump and Pope Francis are not likely to become fast friends or — in the main — political allies. As governors, however, Trump and Pope Francis are remarkably similar in several respects.
Trump White House Suggests It Will Strip Funds From Catholic Charities
The White House Jan. 28 sought to clarify what would and would not be impacted by a directive to freeze federal financial assistance programs and suggested it would seek to strip federal funds from nongovernmental organizations including Catholic Charities as part of its effort to enforce its immigration policies.
Vance Spars with U.S. Bishops Over Their Pushback on Trump’s Immigration Policy
Vice President JD Vance questioned the motives of the U.S. bishops’ criticism of President Donald Trump’s new immigration policies in a Jan. 26 interview — including raids on churches and schools — asking if they are actually concerned about receiving federal resettlement funding and “their bottom line.”
Trump Bars Taxpayer Funding for Abortion in the U.S. or Overseas
President Donald Trump on Jan. 24 used executive authority to block taxpayer funds from paying for elective abortion procedures both in the U.S. and abroad.
Trump Orders JFK, RFK, MLK Assassination Files Declassified: ‘Everything Will Be revealed’
President Donald Trump on Jan. 23 signed an executive order directing the declassification of files on the assassinations of former President John F. Kennedy, the nation’s first Catholic president, his brother Sen. Robert Kennedy, and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the famed Civil Rights era leader.
Trump Pardons 23 Pro-Life Activists Convicted of FACE Act Violations
On the eve of the national March for Life rally in Washington, President Donald Trump announced Jan. 23 he was issuing pardons for 23 protesters arrested for violating the federal Freedom of Access to Clinics (FACE) Act.
Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Executive Order
A federal judge on Jan. 23 temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to change the interpretation of the 14th Amendment, which grants birthright citizenship.
Trump Administration Reverses Policy To Permit Ice Arrests at Churches
The Trump administration said Jan. 21 it would rescind a long-standing policy preventing Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from making arrests at what are seen as sensitive locations, including houses of worship, schools and hospitals.
Going From Cemetery Visits to Inauguration Blessings: Priest Forms Bond With President
It’s one of the most unlikely friendships you can imagine, and the way it came about is just as surreal. A retired Brooklyn priest and a president of the United States struck up a relationship because the clergyman took an interest in the president’s family gravesite.