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Outspoken Texas bishop welcomes appeals court ruling against refugee ban

February 10, 2017

WASHINGTON – The chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Migration welcomed a federal appeals court ruling that upheld a temporary restraining order against President Donald Trump's travel ban on refugees from seven predominantly Muslim countries that also temporarily suspended the country's refugee resettlement program.

Church in North Africa, hosting sub-Saharan migrants, seeks support

February 10, 2017

DAKAR, Senegal – Catholic bishops from North Africa urged greater support for church life in their region, where migrants from sub-Saharan Africa now make up a large proportion of Catholic communities.

Arizona mother deported from U.S. taken in by shelter just across border

February 10, 2017

PHOENIX – The mother who made headlines as possibly the first unauthorized immigrant to be deported from the United States under President Donald Trump's immigration orders was being sheltered overnight by the Kino Border Institute in Nogales, Mexico, Feb. 9.

Jerusalem bishop says the Christian influence in Jordan is still strong

February 10, 2017

AMMAN, Jordan – Jerusalem Bishop William Shomali, newly appointed to the Latin Patriarchate of Jordan, says that although Christians are a very small minority in Jordan, through the Catholic schools, hospitals and charities their presence is strongly felt in the communities.

Russia's Catholics keeping low profile on revolution anniversary

February 10, 2017

WARSAW, Poland – As preparations get underway for this year's 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, the country's small Catholic Church is keeping a low profile.

Australian Church, commission: how to keep sex abuse from recurring?

February 9, 2017

SYDNEY – As an Australian government commission heard testimony on how the Catholic Church responded to decades of child abuse in its institutions, church leaders were asking the same questions as the government: How could this have happened? How can we keep it from happening again?

Vatican reached 'preliminary consensus' with China on bishop appointments: HK cardinal

February 9, 2017

WASHINGTON – After several rounds of dialogue, China and the Vatican have reportedly reached a "preliminary consensus" regarding the appointment of bishops, said Hong Kong Cardinal John Tong.

Law allowing seizure of Palestinian land poses 'serious consequences,' says Latin patriarchate

February 9, 2017

JERUSALEM – The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem warned of "serious consequences" from a new law that allows the government to seize private Palestinian lands where unauthorized Israeli settlements have been built.

Collecting human rights prize, Yazidi lawmaker calls travel ban ‘unfair’

February 9, 2017

WASHINGTON – Receiving a prestigious human rights prize, an Iraqi lawmaker who gained international attention for her oppressed Yazidi religious minority decried the Trump administration's “unfair” executive order on immigration.

Suspects arrested in Mali over nun kidnapping

February 9, 2017

VATICAN CITY – Mali security forces arrested two suspects who they believe were involved in the kidnapping of a Colombian nun Feb. 7 in southern Mali.