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Immigration advocates concerned about Trump merit-based immigration plan
WASHINGTON -- Catholic immigration advocates raised concerns about a proposal from President Donald Trump that would reshape U.S. immigration policy to incorporate a "merit-based"...
Cardinal Burke: ‘Resist large-scale Muslim immigration’ in Christian countries
ROME— Limiting the number of Muslims allowed to immigrate to traditionally Christian nations would be a prudent decision on the part of politicians, said...
Our life’s work: How do we discern what God is asking...
"Samuel, Samuel!" the Lord calls, in one of the more famous stories of discernment in the Bible. After bothering his teacher, Eli, three times,...
Actor Tim Conway, 85; ‘laughter he gave the world will never...
LOS ANGELES (CNS) -- Tim Conway, who died May 14 in Los Angeles at age 85, was probably best known for his 11 seasons...
California ‘confession bill’ viewed as violation of religious liberty
LOS ANGELES — A bill making its way through the California Legislature would make the state the first since 1999 to require priests to...
Pro-life leaders applaud passage of abortion bill in Alabama
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — By passing a bill to ban abortion in nearly all circumstances, the Alabama legislature has recognized that abortion is “the extinguishing...
Bishop Robert Barron’s new book addresses concerns of Catholics and sex...
LOS ANGELES -- Auxiliary Bishop Robert E. Barron of Los Angeles said his new book addressing the church's sexual abuse crisis and urging Catholics...
New York religious leaders endorse bill to end solitary confinement
ALBANY, N.Y. — The numbers are so staggering that solitary confinement has been called “torture.”
Solitary confinement is in widespread use in prisons across the...
Philadelphia holds ‘Pro-Life Rally Against Bullying’
PHILADELPHIA -- More than 1,000 people gathered in Philadelphia May 10 to demonstrate against recent social media videos of a Pennsylvania lawmaker berating people...
Creating an economy in service to our humanity
The word "economics" comes from the ancient Greek word meaning "household."
In most pre-modern societies, production and consumption occurred in the household, and running such...