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October 2, 2020

Catholic voters urged to consult Church’s social teaching for guidance on issues

As early voting begins in some states for the forthcoming presidential election, Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori is urging his parishioners to be guided by the principles of Catholic social teaching as they complete their ballots. ‘Casting our votes is not only a privilege but also a solemn duty and responsibility,’ Archbishop Lori wrote in... 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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August 17, 2020

Rising gun violence points up bishops’ call for commonsense gun laws

Earlier this month, when the Bishop of El Paso, Texas, prayed for the dead on the first anniversary of the mass shooting at a Walmart in his city, he made that solemn tribute in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, which has kept much of the US public in social-distancing mode.  The level of gun... Read More
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July 27, 2020

US surgeon general says preventing spread of virus must be top priority

Calling the Covid-19 pandemic the challenge of a lifetime, the United States’ top public health official travelled to Florida seeking help in slowing the deadly outbreak. He also came to learn how one urban community has managed a particularly low incidence of infection spread among the homeless. Dr Jerome Adams, the 20th US surgeon general,... Read More
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July 25, 2020

US Church to focus on engagement with young people

The US Catholic Church will convene a yearlong intercultural process with young adults and ministry leaders from today, Saturday 25th July. Called ‘Journeying Together’, the initiative aims to explore the Catholic Church’s engagement with young people of diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds and mobilise US Catholics on issues and concerns related to culture and race... Read More
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July 21, 2020

Court orders Trump administration to accept new DACA applications

A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to begin accepting new applications for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals programme, or DACA. Judge Paul W. Grimm of the US District Court for the District of Maryland said his order “restores the DACA policy to its pre-5th September 2017 status”, referring to the day the Trump... Read More
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July 17, 2020

US judge stops Georgia’s ‘heartbeat law’ from ever taking effect

Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer of Atlanta said he was “deeply disappointed that a federal judge struck Georgia’s so-called “heartbeat law” on abortion. “All life is precious from the moment of conception until its natural end. As a people of faith, we must defend and protect life in all its stages,” he said, adding he was... Read More
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July 10, 2020

Trump’s decision to withdraw US from WHO ‘deeply regrettable’, CHA says

The Catholic Health Association said it is “deeply regrettable” that President Donald Trump has formally withdrawn the US from the World Health Organisation during a global pandemic. Instead, the US should be “leading a co-ordinated global response to protect the lives of millions of people around the world”, the organisation said in a statement released... Read More
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July 10, 2020

Cardinal asks Trump to grant clemency to federal death-row inmate

Federal death-row inmate Dustin Lee Honken was convicted of “heinous” crimes but killing him ‘will do nothing to restore justice or heal those still burdened by these crimes,’ Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin has said in a letter to President Donald Trump. ‘Instead, his execution will reduce the government of the United States to the level... Read More
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July 9, 2020

Supreme Court decision on contraceptives called a win for religious freedom

Several organisations praised the US Supreme Court decision that upheld Trump administration regulations giving employers more ability to opt out of providing contraceptive coverage in their health plans. Groups as diverse as Students for Life of America and the Heritage Foundation hailed the 8th July decision as a victory for the free exercise of religion... Read More
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