After court order, DHS officials aim to resume ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy
Officials from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said in an Oct. 14 court filing they were ready to begin implementing once again a Trump-era immigration policy with which they disagree -- the Migrant Protection Protocols, also called "Remain in Mexico" or MPP policy.
Catholic health care must always choose patients over profits, pope says
A person's wealth or lack thereof should not be the determining factor when it comes to receiving health care, Pope Francis said.
Pope shares survivor’s letter pleading for clergy to face truth of abuse
An adult survivor of abuse by a priest appealed to the world's seminarians to become good priests and to make sure the "bitter truth" always prevails, not silence about scandals and their cover-up.
Do not seek honor, but serve, pope tells new bishops
A bishop becomes a true shepherd not by seeking power over his flock but in serving the souls entrusted to his care, Pope Francis said just before ordaining two new bishops.
Catholic social teaching gives Gospel concrete form, pope says
Pope Francis said he knows "it often annoys people" when he promotes Catholic teaching on social issues like poverty, migration and ecology, but he is going to keep doing so because the Gospel demands it.
Jesus wants disciples who serve, not dominate others, pope says
Jesus showed that greatness comes from serving others, Pope Francis said.
Christ’s mission ‘is our mission,’ Memphis bishop tells congress attendees
In his welcoming remarks to open the diocesan eucharistic congress, Memphis Bishop David P. Talley told attendees that "we are all the living body of Christ, in that we are what we receive" -- the Eucharist.
Debate, vote on proposed eucharistic document will top U.S. bishops’ agenda
When the U.S. bishops gather for their fall assembly in Baltimore Nov. 15-18, it will be the first in-person meeting of the full body of bishops since November 2019.
U.N. nuncio denounces nuclear weapons, other weapons of mass destruction
The world's leaders "cannot allow" themselves to be "spectators to violence and war, to brothers killing brothers, as if we were watching games from a safe distance," Archbishop Gabriele Caccia told a U.N. committee session discussing nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction Oct. 13.
COVID-19’s wrath among factors spurring migrants to U.S.-Mexico border
A recent surge of Haitian migrants near the U.S. border with Mexico may be a harbinger of the changing face of migration to the U.S.