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Pope Francis has criticized the Trump administration's policy of separating migrant families at the Mexican border , saying populism is not the answer to the world's immigration problems. Speaking to Reuters, the Pope said he supported recent statements by U.S. Catholic bishops who called the separation of children from their parents "contrary to our Catholic values" and "immoral".
United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks about immigration at Parkview Field in Fort Wayne, Ind., Thursday, June 14, 2018. Sessions cited the Bible Thursday in his defense of his border policy that is resulting in hundreds of children being separated from their parents.
Bishop Daniel Flores of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brownsville was one of several speakers who spoke at a press conference hosted by Valley Interfaith in which they discussed local congressman's stance on the DACA discharge petition in Congress and other changes regarding Homeland Security Bishop Daniel Flores of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brownsville was one of several speakers who spoke at a press conference hosted by Valley Interfaith in which they discussed local congressman's stance on the DACA discharge petition in Congress and other changes regarding Homeland Security HARLINGEN - Valley church leaders yesterday called on U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar to join the push for a Congressional showdown to decide the fate of the so-called Dreamers.
Pope Francis will hold a gathering at the Vatican next week on man-made global warming, focusing on what oil companies and investment firms can do to curtail fossil fuel use and emissions. Major oil companies, including BP, ExxonMobil and Equinor are attending the conference, Axios reported Friday.
Pope Francis speaks in Santiago, Chile on January 17, 2018. His visit to Chile came at a time when a sex abuse scandal was rocking the country's Catholic Church.
Kenya's Catholic bishops confronted the growing issue of polygamy among Christians in the country, saying that God forbids the practice even if it is legal. The Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops issued a statement saying that polygamy "is against the will of God and we must desist from it" and that "we should uphold human dignity, and especially the dignity of the woman," according to Crux Now .
After narrowly losing Tuesday's Democratic Party primary to Chicago-area Congressman Dan Lipinski, challenger Marie Newman indulged herself with a concession speech perhaps unique in intra-party elections. Strictly speaking, it wasn't a concession speech at all: Newman pointedly refused to congratulate her opponent or even acknowledged that he won.
I am beyond angry and appalled at each member of the U.S. Congress-Democrats and Republicans alike-for their disgusting display of complete incompetence. Their inability to pass a government spending bill prior to the mandated deadline is unconscionable.
Madrid's 2018 Three Kings Parade featured a gay themed float to encourage LGBT normalization on the eve of Epiphany, stirring outrage among the country's Catholic faithful. The controversial float in Friday's parade featured a female stripper, a female hip-hop artist, and a drag queen, according to Crux Now.
Pope Francis has described migrants and refugees as the world's "weakest and most needy", using his traditional New Year's address to "give voice" to people he has urged leaders to do more to help. Francis reminded some 40,000 people who gathered in St Peter's Square at the Vatican on Monday that he had chosen the plight of migrants and refugees as the theme for the Roman Catholic Church's World Day of Peace, which is celebrated on January 1. "For this peace, to which everyone has a right, many of them are willing to risk their lives in a journey which is often long and dangerous, they are willing to face strain and suffering."
Callista Gingrich, wife of the former speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, on Friday became U.S. ambassador to the Vatican, which is at odds with Washington over immigration, climate change and Jerusalem. Callista Gingrich, 51, an author, documentary filmmaker and former congressional aide, presented her credentials to Pope Francis at the Vatican to officially assume her role.
The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops decried what he said were "the forces of division" in the country, as he called Monday for immigration policies that keep families together and a "humane" approach to policing the border. Cardinal Daniel DiNardo of Galveston-Houston, Texas, affirmed the government's authority to protect national security.
It's perhaps a sign of the times that two of the four articles in the Washington Post's "Outlook" section dedicated to the 500th anniversary of the Reformation are actually about the role of evangelical and white Catholic voters in politics - particularly the rise of Donald Trump - in a sign of how inseparable the two have become in what used to be called the "Christian Coalition." Lydia Bean pins the evangelical and white Catholic support of Donald Trump on the failure of elite religious leaders to sway voters: The reason that Trump did so well with both groups is that laypeople were not looking to theologically trained religious elites to tell them how to vote.
Iona Preparatory School has announced the honorees for its President's Dinner Centennial Gala to be held on Friday, November 17, at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City. Celebrating its 100th anniversary, Iona Prep is enhancing its annual President's Dinner with a new venue and will honor two influential individuals in the community: husband and wife, Alfred F. Kelly, Jr. and Margaret Parlatore Kelly.
The Trump administration Oct. 6 issued interim rules expanding the exemption to the contraceptive mandate for religious employers, such as the Little Sisters of the Poor, who object on moral grounds to covering contraceptive and abortion-inducing drugs and devices in their employee health insurance. The contraceptive mandate was put in place by the Department of Health and Human Services under the Affordable Care Act.
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For the second time since her contentious hearing for an appellate court slot, the religious practice of Amy Coney Barrett has come into question, unleashing a firestorm about what what many call an unconscionable questioning of her faith and religious practice. The first furor came during her initial September hearing, when Sen. Diane Feinstein, referring to an article Barrett wrote about potentially having to recuse herself from death penalty cases because of her Catholic faith, questioned whether said Catholicism would prevent her from the fair adjudication of cases: Whatever a religion is, it has its own dogma.
Article 6, Section 3, tells us that "no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States." It's pretty clear, we think.
In this May 10, 2017, file photo, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Catholic leaders and university presidents are objecting to Feinstein's line of questioning for one of President Donald Trump's judicial nominees, arguing the focus on her faith is misplaced and runs counter to the Constitution's prohibition on religious tests for political office.