Archive for November 24, 2016

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By Matt Hadro

For religious freedom advocates, a 'Muslim registry' is inconceivable

The incoming Trump administration’s immigration policy must avoid a religious registry or any “stigmatizing” of religious groups, religious freedom advocates... Read more

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US bishops wish 'Happy Thanksgiving' to America

Gratitude to God was the focus of the U.S. bishops’ conference for its Thanksgiving wishes to Americans as the bishops... Read more

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By Elise Harris

Advancing relations core of meeting between Pope, Vietnam president

On Wednesday Pope Francis met Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang at the Vatican for a meeting largely focused on collaboration... Read more

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Ohio government seeks to shut down Catholic-run nursing home amid ‘widespread care failures’

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa. | Credit: Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem.

Cardinal Pizzaballa: there is a longing for justice and human dignity in Iran

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services headquarters building in Washington, D.C. | Credit: ajay_suresh, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Trump administration restores Title X funding to Planned Parenthood

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Multistate lawsuit challenges ‘gender conditions’ tied to HHS funding

Republicans say they are crafting a bill to permanently defund Planned Parenthood Jan. 13, 2026. | Credit: usarmyband, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

House Republican budget plan would permanently defund Planned Parenthood

Veteran EWTN executive Edwin Lopez is the new executive secretary of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines Commission on Social Communications. | Credit: Photo courtesy of Edwin Lopez

Veteran EWTN executive appointed to Communications Commission post with Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines

Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu in 2019. | Credit: Daniel Ibanez/EWTN

Vatican prosecutor steps aside as London property trial appeal moves forward

The image of the Black Nazarene moves through dense crowds during the 30-hour procession in Manila, Philippines, on Jan. 9, 2026. | Credit: CBCP News

Manila’s feast of the Black Nazarene draws 9.6 million devotees

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UPDATE: Homeland Security Department says rule will address religious worker visa backlog

Bishop Andrew Cozzens, seen here in 2024, spoke this week in Minnesota on how to heal and to bring grief before God. | Credit: Diego López Marina/ACI Prensa

Bishop Cozzens after Annunciation shooting: ‘God’s answer to evil is the cross’

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