VATICAN CITY (CNS) — U.S. Vice President JD Vance will be in Rome April 18 and has meetings planned with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and with Cardinal Pietro Parolin, …
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El Salvador president says he won’t return erroneously deported, imprisoned man to US
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonWASHINGTON (OSV News) — Trump administration officials and Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele on April 14 dismissed arguments that an erroneously deported Maryland man should be returned to the United States from …
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Judge declines to preemptively block immigration enforcement in places of worship
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonMore than two dozen religious organizations filed a lawsuit in February to challenge a Trump administration policy.
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US bishops back bill easing immigrant religious workers’ path to permanent residency
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonThe U.S. bishops told congressional lawmakers they support a bipartisan bill to ease some immigration restrictions on religious workers from other countries.
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Napa Institute conference examines ‘the good, the bad’ in Trump’s new administration
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonA second Trump administration could present both challenges and opportunities, bishops and policymakers said at the Napa Institute Citizens of Faith Conference.
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Supreme Court permits migrant deportations under wartime law, for now
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonWASHINGTON (OSV News) — The Supreme Court issued a ruling April 7 allowing the Trump administration to continue to deport migrants accused of gang membership using a wartime powers law for …
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Trump’s Vatican ambassador pick defends foreign aid cuts at confirmation hearing
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonWASHINGTON (OSV News) — Brian Burch, President Donald Trump’s nominee for U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See, defended the Trump administration’s cuts to foreign aid at a Senate hearing April 8 …
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USCCB ends cooperative agreements with US government after work suspended
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonThe U.S. bishops’ conference said it would not renew its cooperative agreements with the federal government related to children’s services and refugee support.
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Marquette Law School Poll found that just 42% of U.S. adults said the country is going in the right direction.
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Supreme Court hears case over effort to bar Planned Parenthood from Medicaid funds
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonThe high court heard oral argument April 2 in a case concerning South Carolina’s attempt to prevent the abortion provider from receiving Medicaid funds.
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