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Catholics turn out to support ‘dreamers’ after DACA rescinded
Some in the Washington crowd had held out hope up until the moment of the announcement that President Donald Trump would make a decision with "heart," as he had earlier promised regarding the program that allows beneficiaries like her, brought to the U.S. as children without legal documentation, certain protections.
Catholic Charities USA gives $2 million for hurricane relief
One hundred percent of the funds raised as of Sept. 4 will go directly to immediate emergency assistance and long-term recovery efforts for those impacted by Hurricane Harvey and its catastrophic flooding.
Catholic leaders sharply criticize Trump’s decision to end DACA
Catholic church leaders, immigration officials and university presidents were swift and unanimous in their condemnation of President Donald Trump's Sept. 5 decision to phase out Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals known as DACA.
N.Y. parish hit by Hurricane Sandy conducts Harvey relief to ‘pay back’
"We're returning the favor," said Father Brian Barr, the pastor at St. Mary's, a parish in a tightknit community that had been on the receiving end of much-needed aid from other parts of the country following Sandy's catastrophic blow in October 2012.
Catholics tangled with KKK during Klan’s 1920s resurgence
The intersection of the KKK with Catholics came to an ugly head in the 1920s, when the second version of the Klan was making inroads not just in the South but throughout the nation.
Announced end to DACA program is ‘reprehensible,’ U.S. bishops say
The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program is "being rescinded" by President Donald Trump, leaving some 800,000 youth, brought illegally to the U.S. as minors, in peril of deportation and of losing permits that allow them to work.
Wisconsin parish’s ministry helps seasonal workers build their faith
St. Joseph Parish uses the summer months to minister to the needs of seasonal migrant workers. A summer religious education program provides migrant families with the opportunity to receive the sacraments of initiation: first Communion and confirmation.
As diversity grows, parishes urged to address issue of racism
Educators working with children in Catholic schools and parishes are urging administrators, clergy and parents to discuss racism wherever possible. The U.S. Bishops have said there is an "urgent need" to address the topic.
New Ukrainian Catholic bishops in U.S. envision a missionary church
With the appointment of two new Ukrainian Catholic bishops in the United States, church leaders are hoping to reach out to church members in the diaspora.
Bishop Vasquez, agency leaders urge president to continue DACA
"A decision to end this program would turn our nation's back on immigrant youth who are seeking to reach their full God-given potential and fulfill the promise of gratefully giving back to the only country most have ever known," they wrote in a letter to the president sent Aug. 30.