Even as the public has grown weary of the pandemic, Catholic chaplains at hospitals continue to work hard ministering to patients with COVID-19 and those battling other illnesses.
Texas
Prayer Can Guide Encounters At the Margins In Work For Justice, Bishop Says
For all the years Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso, Texas, has spent ministering at the Mexican border with people on the move to the United States, it was a young girl, he said, who taught him about hope.
Catholic Parish Helped Families of Hostages During Texas Synagogue Standoff
At one point during the synagogue hostage situation in Colleyville, Texas, on Jan. 15, interfaith leaders stationed at nearby Good Shepherd Catholic Community Church began discussing why bad things happen to good people.
Supreme Court Keeps Texas Abortion Law in Place, Says it Will Review It
Texas state officials Oct. 21 urged the Supreme Court to leave the state’s current abortion law in place, and they also advised the court not to fast-track abortion providers’ challenge to the law that bans abortions after six weeks of pregnancy.
Appeals Court Temporarily Reinstates Texas Abortion Law
A U.S. court of appeals temporarily stayed the recent injunction on the Texas abortion law while it reviews the state’s request to reinstate the ban on abortions after six weeks of pregnancy.
Federal Judge Blocks Texas Heartbeat Act
The pro-life law known as the Texas Heartbeat Act lost a preliminary court battle on Oct. 6 as a federal judge blocked the law while broader legal challenges are underway.
Removed From Del Rio, ‘Border Crisis’ Poised To Spread in U.S.
The migrants camped beneath the Del Rio International Bridge in Texas may have been dispersed by Sept. 24, but the impact of the latest chapter in this year’s border crisis will still be experienced nationwide, as thousands of the refugees are relocating across the U.S.
Catholic Leaders Urge Humane Treatment for Haitian Migrants as Numbers Grow
The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ migration committee and the head of Catholic Charities USA issued a joint statement Sept. 22 urging humane treatment of Haitians and other migrants as their numbers grow in southern Texas at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Church Leaders Saddened by Senate Official’s Ruling Against Immigration Reform
Now that passing immigration reform measures in the budget reconciliation package may be off the table, immigration advocates fear a divided Congress won’t stray from party lines to pass immigration reform through traditional means.
Biden Administration Sues Texas Over New Pro-Life ‘Heartbeat’ Law
The Biden administration could sue the state of Texas over its new abortion law as early as today, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.