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States file lawsuits to end DACA
Continuing the legal drama against a program that protects some 800,000 young adults brought into the country without legal documentation as minors, seven states have filed a lawsuit attempting once more to end it.
Iowa legislature sends fetal heartbeat bill to governor
A bill described by some observers as the most restrictive abortion legislation in the nation has been sent to the desk of Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds.
Hondurans plead for extension of Temporary Protected Status
The Trump administration was set to decide in early May whether Honduran holders of a special immigration status will be able to remain legally in the country.
Nun believed killed by nephew; police continue to search for body
Sister Angela Miller is believed to have been murdered by her nephew on or before he set fire April 28 to the nun's home in West Scranton, Pennsylvania, authorities said.
Rockford Diocese prepares for V Encuentro by thinking about the future
About 200 people from parishes and groups in the Rockford Diocese expressed their views about the strengths, weaknesses and desires of the Hispanic community in the local church.
Encuentro process inspires some to go to society’s peripheries
At the April 27-29 regional Encuentro in Visalia, California, several of the 1,300 delegates discussed "primerear" (to reach out first) and how that leads to encounters, in this case homeless people.
United as one voice, California encuentro delegates prepare for ministry
Hope, energy and the drive to unite to share the Catholic faith filled the Visalia Convention Center, as nearly 1,300 delegates -- including laypeople, priests and 21 bishops -- gathered for a regional encuentro.
Priest: Few at Mexico-U.S. border will have asylum claims accepted
Scalabrinian Father Pat Murphy, who directs a migrant shelter in Tijuana, said "Those that are in the caravan, 75 percent of them won't be accepted. That's been the number over the years."
Paralympian visits St. Louis area parish school to inspire students
It's fun for Noah Elliott to present a message of optimism and perseverance – "seeing the glass as half full rather than half empty" -- while inspiring others to pursue their passion.
Faith groups decry immigration detention of pregnant women
Representatives of the organizations focused their concerns on a "lack of adequate prenatal and health care, reports of medical negligence, and unsafe, stressful conditions for mother and baby," saying that the detention policy was not pro-life.