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US bishops ask Catholics to pray for Brownsville diocese border wall fight
For Religious Freedom Week 2020, the U.S. Catholic bishops are highlighting an unusual case—a Texas chapel that could be demolished... Read more
US House asks court to block funding for border wall
Lawyers representing the US House of Representatives on Tuesday filed a motion in federal court to block funding for the... Read more
Bishops 'deeply concerned' by Trump border emergency declaration
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops issued a statement Feb. 15 opposing President Donald Trump’s declaration of a national... Read more
Texas chapel fenced off from border wall funding
The Consolidated Appropriations Act would provide $1.3 billion in funding for the construction of barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border but... Read more
Border security compromise may prevent new shutdown
Congressional leaders hope to have avoided a further partial government shutdown after reaching an agreement on a budget that includes... Read more
Judge rules for government in border chapel case
The federal government is free to survey the land around a historic chapel in the Diocese of Brownsville, TX, a... Read more
Georgetown Law helps Texas diocese fight border wall
The Diocese of Brownsville, Texas, is due in court next week to contest a claim of eminent domain by the... Read more
Catholics in US express frustration over border security stalemate
On Tuesday evening, US President Donald Trump highlighted humanitarian problems present along the US-Mexico border and issued a call for... Read more
Texas diocese says border wall on Church land violates religious freedom
The Diocese of Brownsville, Texas is pushing back against a government effort to use Church property to aid in the... Read more
As vote looms, here's what bishops think about Trump's border wall
As Congress prepares to vote on whether to fund the further construction of a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, bishops... Read more
Mexican archbishop: We need to ask emigrants for forgiveness
The head of an archdiocese in the western Mexican state of Michoacan has said the country needs to seek forgiveness... Read more
The spirited response of Mexico's bishops to Trump's border wall
The bishops of Mexico on Thursday reacted to United States' president Donald Trump's executive order to build a wall on... Read more
US bishops dismayed as Trump vows to build border wall
A leading bishop expressed alarm and dismay on Wednesday following President Trump’s executive orders to increase immigrant detention centers and... Read more
