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U.S. Justice Department to appeal ruling that blocked Trump’s travel ban

March 20, 2017

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Justice issued a brief notice March 17 that it will appeal a Maryland federal judge's ruling that blocked President Donald Trump's new executive order on a temporary travel ban.

U.S. bishops: health bill’s ‘life protections’ laudable, other aspects ‘troubling’

March 20, 2017

WASHINGTON (CNS) – The inclusion of "critical life protections" in the House health care bill is laudable, but other provisions, including those related to Medicaid and tax credits, are "troubling" and "must be addressed" before the measure is passed, said the chairman of the U.S. bishops' domestic policy committee.

U.S. priest's home in Mexico harassed by police

March 20, 2017

MEXICO CITY – An American priest and prison chaplain in northern Mexico says his home, which doubles as a halfway house, was raided in the early hours of St. Patrick's Day as police came to arrest one of the three men who live with him.

Czech Cardinal Vlk, former window-washer, clandestine priest, dies

March 20, 2017

VATICAN CITY – Czech Cardinal Miloslav Vlk, who washed windows and ministered underground during communism, died of cancer March 18 in Prague at the age of 84.

In spirit of interfaith dialogue, Pope to visit Egypt in late April

March 20, 2017

VATICAN CITY – In what will be his first international trip of the year, Pope Francis will be traveling to Cairo, Egypt, April 28-29, showing that interfaith dialogue is a priority.

'I had to flee for my life' – The reality of being a Syrian refugee

March 19, 2017

WASHINGTON – Omar al-Muqdad wanted to help the Iraqi refugees who were displaced from their homes in 2004. He volunteered to help with refugee resettlement, aiding those who came in finding housing, clothing and schools in Syria, where he lived.

Lent provides opportunity for Catholics to focus attention on homeless

March 19, 2017

WASHINGTON – Almsgiving is a Lenten tradition and Washington resident Ron Van Bellen says his volunteer work feeding the homeless honours his Catholic faith as he prepares for Easter.

In notorious Santiago community, church works to give people options

March 18, 2017

SANTIAGO, Chile – The residents of La Legua, Santiago's most notorious community, are never sure when the gunfights will begin.

Gypsy woman left to die after childbirth among 115 Spanish martyrs

March 17, 2017

OXFORD, England – A 23-year-old illiterate basket-maker who died in prison after giving birth to a child will be the first Gypsy woman beatified by the Catholic Church.

Trump vows to keep fighting for travel ban blocked again by courts

March 17, 2017

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – President Donald Trump, during a campaign rally in Nashville, vowed to fight the latest court ruling blocking his executive order temporarily suspending immigration from six Muslim-majority countries and refugee resettlement all the way to the Supreme Court.