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COVID-19 changes campus classes, dorms and maybe fees
The fall semester at Catholic colleges and universities and their counterparts around the country will look and feel very different. About half are offering a modified in-person experience.
Advocates demand ICE comply with order to release children in detention
Separating children from parents and subjecting them to harm is "part of the culture of death," said a priest whose group brought 300,000 petitions to ICE headquarters, which were not accepted.
Late civil rights leaders ‘changed course of history,’ says archbishop
In opposing racial injustice, Rev. C.T. Vivian and Rep. John Lewis participated in multiple protests and worked to combat racism, which included fighting for voting rights.
Jesuits to leave historic New Mexico parish after 152 years
The Archdiocese of Santa Fe will run Immaculate Conception Parish in Albuquerque since the Jesuit priests "no longer have the capacity to staff this beloved Catholic community."
Faith leaders criticize Trump’s plan to reject new DACA applicants
The Trump administration plans to reject first-time applications for DACA and limit renewals for it to one-year extensions instead of two. Sacramento's bishop called it "irresponsible and recalcitrant."
House bill ends pro-life policies guiding foreign aid
The bill undercuts the "Mexico City Policy," which bans all foreign nongovernmental organizations that receive U.S. funds from performing or promoting abortion as a method of family planning in other countries.
Congressman Lewis remembered as ‘determined, forceful, thoughtful’
If perseverance is a sign of holiness in the 21st century, then U.S. Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) embodied it his whole life, said a leading religious sister. Lewis died July 17 at age 80.
Hunger high on list of battles that aid agency CRS faces amid pandemic
For Catholic Relief Services, it's a race against the clock as around the world, hundreds of millions faced food shortages even before COVID-19, which makes the problem worse.
Fauci calls COVID-19 a ‘historic’ pandemic like 1918’s flu
CDC head Dr. Anthony Fauci noted the resurgence of infections in the southern U.S. and record cases among the young, "which strongly suggests a link (with) attempting to reopen."
U.S. surgeon general says preventing spread of virus must be top priority
During a July 23 visit to a Catholic-run outreach in Miami, Dr. Jerome Adams said that recent COVID spikes were down to crowds, lack of face masks, and young "silent spreaders."