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As US Catholic bishops meet, Trump looms over their work on abortion and immigration

Nov. 12, 2024 17:31 PM EST

BALTIMORE (AP) — As U.S. Catholic bishops gathered for their annual fall meeting this week in Baltimore, the specter of President-elect Donald Trump’s resounding victory hung over the proceedings. In a letter read at the opening of their public sessions, the bishops asked Pope...

Catholic diocese sues US government, worried some foreign-born priests might be forced to leave

Aug. 31, 2024 11:46 AM EDT

For more than a year, religious organizations have lobbied Congress and the Biden administration to fix a sudden procedural change in how the government processes green cards for religious workers, which threatens the ability of thousands of them to continue to minister in the United States. ...