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Faith groups ask government to reconsider historically low refugee cap
Leaders are objecting to reports that the Trump administration will limit the number of refugees the United States accepts to 45,000, the lowest admission level for persons fleeing persecution since 1980.
Supreme Court’s busy docket includes religious liberty, not travel ban
With the Supreme Court's new term starting Oct. 2, one person equipped to comment on it -- Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg -- hesitated to say too much but hinted that it would be interesting.
Wine and Cheese Vocations Benefit
The Vocations Office for Diocesan Priesthood will host the Heed Your Call Benefit on Saturday, Nov. 4 in support of the programs that help young men discern God's call to become a priest.
Catholic families leave Belfast homes after threats to their safety
The police reportedly told the families they had received intelligence warning that the Catholics were unwelcome in the area. The threat also said that if the residents did not leave the area, they faced violence.
British Benedictine, 82, creates mural to capture her order’s charisms
When Mother Joanna Jamieson went back to art school after more than 60 years in a Benedictine convent, she was likened by one British national newspaper to an "intergalactic time traveler" who hadn't heard a record by the Beatles or seen a James Bond film.
High court stays Georgia inmate’s execution amid claims of racial bias
Keith Tharpe had argued that one juror in his murder trial used a racial slur to describe some black people and had said Tharpe "wasn't in the 'good' black folks category in my book, should get the electric chair for what he did."
Ukrainian Catholic archeparchy welcomes newly ordained auxiliary bishop
Clergy, religious and laypeople welcomed Bishop Rabiy to the archeparchy with the liturgy celebrated by the bishop at the golden-domed Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception.
Mexican Catholic youths transporting quake relief shot, robbed, raped
The attack occurred Sept. 26, said a statement from the Archdiocese of Mexico City. Assailants took supplies, the youths' cellphones and approximately $2,300 collected to purchase items to donate in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec region.
Catholic parish builds warm community ties with local police officers
The Adopt-A-Cop ministry of Our Lady of the Assumption Church in Brookhaven, launched in late February, is helping parishioners forge relationships with local law enforcement.
Canadian bishops won’t publish new policy on minor protection till 2018
Bishop Anthony Mancini of Halifax-Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, explained that the document has taken on such a scale that it needs to be made more comprehensive. He also said the bishops want to have the text analyzed by professionals before they release it.