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Thousands pay respects to Scalia at Supreme Court
Thousands of people passed through the Great Hall of the Supreme Court building to pay their respects to Justice Antonin Scalia, whose body lay in repose the day before his funeral Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.
Supreme Court without Justice Scalia: Will it lack a tip of the scales?
Justice Anthony Kennedy has been described as a swing vote, a term he is said to despise, but depending on his vote in upcoming cases before a successor to Scalia steps in, there will either be split decisions or 5-3 votes with the more liberal justices forming the majority.
EWTN, other Catholic entities lose appeal on HHS mandate
A federal appeals court upheld the requirement that most employers cover employees' artificial birth control, sterilization and abortifacients, even if employers including Catholic dioceses oppose such coverage.
Panel urges deep look at ‘moral implications’ of immigration
Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, said during a talk on immigration that people crossing the border are human beings who need to be treated with respect, compassion and dignity.
Immigration case a blessing in disguise that highlights migration issues
With Pope Francis' visit Ciudad Juarez -- Mexico's fifth-largest city and the most populous on the country's northern border -- the issues of migration, and most importantly, of migrants, are at the forefront.
Hard data and people’s stories point to fewer Mexicans migrating to U.S.
Mexican immigration rates are in reverse, a reality that seems absent from political debates and the perception of many Americans. But Diana Martinez is proof of it. She just wants to go home to Mexico.
El Paso Diocese gets ready for rendezvous with Pope Francis
Two days before Pope Francis' main event in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, the Diocese of El Paso was coordinating the final touches to its own two main papal events.
Scalia dies at 79; was longest-serving justice on current Supreme Court
UPDATED - Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, who died of apparent natural causes Feb. 13 while in Texas on a hunting trip, once said in an interview that while he took his Catholic faith seriously, he never allowed it to influence his work on the high court.
Scourge of human trafficking slowly moving out of the shadows
Even though slavery has been off the books in the United States for more than 150 years, the practice still exists in this country -- and elsewhere.
Texas cardinal discusses transformative power of Eucharist at congress
"When you're a disciple in the presence of the Eucharist, something happens to you. You're transformed. ... Body broken, blood poured out."