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US Catholics condemn plan for ‘black mass’ in Kansas
A Satanic group’s plan for a so-called “black mass” in the Kansas Statehouse in the state’s capital Topeka on March 28 has garnered widespread Catholic condemnation. Source: OSV News.
US archdiocese begins investigation of alleged Eucharistic miracle
The Archdiocese of Indianapolis said an investigation of an alleged Eucharistic miracle is underway at a southeast Indiana church where it reportedly took place in late February. Source: OSV News.
Catholic Church in US losing more believers than other religions
Catholics are seeing the greatest net losses of believers compared to other religions in the United States, a new survey by Pew Research Centre shows. Source: OSV News.
‘We want more babies’: Trump orders expanded access to IVF
United States President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that aims to expand access to in vitro fertilisation, or IVF, a practice the Church warns is enormously destructive to embryonic human life. Source: OSV News.
US bishops sue Trump Administration
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has sued the Trump Administration over the suspension of funding of refugee resettlement assistance. Source: OSV News.
US bishops thank Pope for ‘prayerful support’ in migrant crisis
The US bishops have welcomed Pope Francis’s letter addressed to them in response to “the major crisis that is taking place in the United States with the institution of a program of mass deportations” under President Donald Trump. Source: The Tablet.
Pope slams Trump plan for mass deportations
Faced with US President Donald Trump’s insistence on a plan of mass deportations, Pope Francis has published a letter chastising the policy and calling faithful and politicians alike to care for the poor and those whose dignity is threatened. Source: Crux.
US bishops forced to lay off a third of migration staff
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops issued layoff notices to about a third of the staff in its Migration and Refugee Services Office on Friday after it stopped receiving reimbursements from the Trump Administration. Source: OSV News.
US Catholic aid agency bracing for massive cuts
A US Catholic aid agency is bracing for massive cuts – as much as 50 per cent this year – because of reductions in foreign assistance ordered by the Trump administration. Source: NCR Online.