Violence

“We feel that we are losing everything,” said Father Fawadleh. “We are losing our land, we are losing our fruits, we are losing our income.”

Advocates from across the U.S. gathered in Arizona to discuss pastoral strategies for understanding and applying Catholic teaching to mass deportations.

The U.S. Supreme Court said it will hear oral arguments in cases of Trump administration trying to end TPS for Haitians and Syrians.

A war powers resolution seeking to curtail President Donald Trump’s military actions in Iran failed in both the Senate on March 4 and the House on March 5. 

The U.S. bishops’ annual CRS Collection will be taken in most U.S. dioceses at Masses March 14-15 to help some of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable.

The Church leaders expressed “deep concern” over the “escalation of armed conflicts in Lebanon and the Middle East” and over the “grave consequences” that would arise for the region’s people …

The report was released by the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom March 4. 

The leader of the U.S. Catholic bishops echoed Pope Leo XIV’s call for deescalation and dialogue in the Middle East March 1.

Catholic clergy are calling for prayer and peace following U.S.-Israel strikes on Iran Feb. 28 that killed Iran’s supreme leader and prompted counterattacks.

Pope Leo XIV issued a fervent appeal for return of diplomacy in the Middle East and Iran, condemning use of weapons that cause “destruction, pain, and death.”