Bishop Menjivar-Ayala of Catholic Archdiocese of Washington, DC reflects on the lack of empathy for immigrants: "Being an immigrant is not easy...These are people who have a great dream to better their lives, to do whatever they have to do to provide for their families."

Does Trump's agenda is widen fissures in Catholic hierarchy's consensus? I think this both yes and no. There are also signs that Trump is uniting the episcopacy against his admin's most morally egregious policies. Jack Jenkins religionnews.com/2025/07/09/tru…

Commissioner Stephen Schneck: “On the 4th anniversary of the 11J protests in Cuba, we urge the US government to hold Cuba accountable for its violations of FoRB against religious leaders like Donaida Pérez Paseiro & Loreto Hernández García.” Read more ➡️uscirf.gov/sites/default/…

Cmmr Stephen Schneck: "The Burmese military killed over 20 civilians in an airstrike on a Buddhist monastery. Int'l law protects relig. sites during armed conflict. The BRAVE Burma Act would sanction the Burmese military & limit its ability to use military aircraft on civilians."

The US spends more than $2 billion PER DAY on interest payments for the national debt. The DOGE cuts to government hardly cover a week of that interest — and yet they gut important services & foreign policy, not to mention new trillions added to the debt by the “beautiful bill.”

Catholic Church in Gaza is attacked- likely with US government supplied weapons. Several injuries including the parish priest. This is where pope Francis called each day. God have mercy on us.

I am deeply saddened to learn of the loss of life and injury caused by the military attack on the Holy Family Catholic Church in #Gaza. I assure the parish community of my spiritual closeness. I commend the souls of the deceased to the loving mercy of Almighty God, and pray for

This is the parish in Gaza that Pope Francis would call every night.

🚨Israeli settlers once again attacked the Christian village of Taybeh, in the West Bank. Today, they returned and herded their livestock into the churchyard of St. George’s Church and onto private land belonging to a Christian family.

NEW: In which I try to make sense of yesterday's chaotic, all-day House hearing on immigration, where Dems accused the GOP of anti-Catholicism and attacking faith itself and Republicans were divided over whether to target Catholic Charities in particular. religionnews.com/2025/07/17/at-…

Giving up on democracy around the world... Seems like a sign, no? The State Department is placing strict limits on its public assessments of foreign elections, according to an internal State Department directive, a sharp shift wsj.com/politics/polic… via The Wall Street Journal

Cmmr Stephen Schneck: "USCIRF reinforces its call for greater protection of religious sites following IDF's shelling of Holy Family Church in Gaza that killed 3 people & injured several others. Gov'ts are obligated by int'l law to protect religious sites." uscirf.gov/publications/p…

Please consider giving today at cc.dio.org/ways_to_give/d… to the Summer Hunger Appeal and help Catholic Charities continue to feed the less fortunate. Every gift, no matter how small, makes a difference. #donate #catholiccharities #volunteer

I renew my deep sorrow for the brutal terrorist attack that occurred during the night between 26 and 27 July in Komanda, in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where over 40 Christians were killed in a church during a prayer vigil, and in their own homes. As

ICE bars priests in Florida. ‘They could build that place in less than a week’, ⁦Thomas Wenski⁩ said, ‘so it doesn’t seem that it should take two or three weeks to tell the archbishop his priest can go in to minister’. Via ⁦Pablo Manríquez⁩ migrantinsider.com/p/catholic-pri…

US placed on rights watchlist over health of its civil society under Trump. theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j…

Sharp but very concerning analysis by Applebaum...

Gaza's Catholic pastor asks for prayers after fatal strike oursundayvisitor.com/gazas-catholic…

Faced with the unbearable starvation and suffering in #Gaza today, we invite all Jews, Muslims, Christians and all people of good will to join us in praying King David’s Psalm 130, that the horrors will end and the cries of the people of Gaza. #PrayersForGaza Alistair Dutton

Happy Feast of St. Ignatius Loyola, Founder of the Society of Jesus! May you find God in all things!