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October 26, 2020

A final spar outlines differences between Trump and Biden before election

The final debate in the 2020 presidential race ended with topics important to the church in the US and around the world: immigration and families, climate change, racism and health care. The 22nd October event, the final time Republican President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden, a Catholic, met before the 3rd November election, also focused on... Read More
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October 26, 2020

Judges again block Trump’s efforts to keep unauthorised immigrants out of census

For the second time this autumn, a panel of three federal judges said President Donald Trump acted unlawfully with his order in July to exclude immigrants in the US without legal documentation from being counted in the 2020 census for the redrawing of congressional districts. Although the Supreme Court just agreed to take up this... Read More
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October 24, 2020

Poll shows more ‘likely Catholic voters’ behind Biden

Less than two weeks before the presidential election, a new poll indicated President Donald Trump has lost the so-called ‘Catholic vote’ and that his nomination of a Catholic to the Supreme Court, Judge Amy Coney Barrett, did nothing to change that equation. Released the afternoon of 19th October, the results of a poll conducted by EWTN News and RealClear Opinion Research showed that 52 per... Read More
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October 5, 2020

Bishops pray for Trumps and for all suffering from Covid-19

President Donald Trump’s announcement he and first lady Melania Trump tested positive for Covid-19 ‘is a sobering reminder of our shared vulnerability, but also our common responsibility for the good of one another’, Chicago Cardinal Blase J. Cupich tweeted. ‘As we continue to pray for the full recovery of all those suffering from Covid-19, we... Read More
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September 25, 2020

Pro-life leaders welcome ‘Born Alive Executive Order’ announced by Trump

President Donald Trump’s announcement that he will issue a ‘Born Alive Executive Order’ will “provide necessary legal protections for some of the most vulnerable in society”, said Jeanne Mancini, president of the US March for Life Education and Defense Fund. “These steps had to be taken,” she said, “because some Democrats in the Senate promised to block legislation... Read More
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September 24, 2020

President Trump says he will sign order to ensure babies born alive receive care

President Donald Trump said he would sign an executive order to “ensure that all precious babies born alive, no matter their circumstances, receive the medical care that they deserve”. In brief recorded remarks for the livestreamed National Catholic Prayer Breakfast, President Trump called it the “Born Alive Executive Order”, which pro-life leaders said would provide legal protections for babies born... Read More
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September 16, 2020

Court sides with Trump on right to end Temporary Protected Status

The US Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit has sided with President Donald Trump’s plan to end a particular immigration protection status that would have allowed people from six countries that have suffered disasters to remain in the United States. The court said the president was within his rights to revoke what’s called Temporary... Read More
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September 14, 2020

Judges block Trump’s order to exclude some from census count

A panel of federal judges said President Donald Trump acted unlawfully with his order this summer to exclude immigrants without legal documentation from being counted in the 2020 census for the redrawing of congressional districts. The federal judges in New York granted an injunction on the order on 10th September, prohibiting Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, who... Read More
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August 26, 2020

New York cardinal’s prayer opens Republican National Convention

New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan thanked God for living in a country that respects religious freedom and prayed for people battling Covid-19 and those caring for them, the unborn, the elderly, immigrants and refugees during the opening evening of the Republican National Convention. The cardinal offered the prayer, which was pre-recorded, prior to a full evening of speakers. The... Read More
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July 30, 2020

Faith leaders criticise Trump’s plan to reject new DACA applicants

Faith leaders and immigrant advocates have denounced the Trump administration’s plan to reject first-time applications for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, known as DACA, and limit DACA renewals to one-year extensions instead of two. Bishop Jaime Soto of Sacramento, California, said the administration’s action, announced on 28th July in a memo issued by... Read More
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