IMAGE: CNS photo/Leah Millis, Reuters By Mark Pattison WASHINGTON (CNS) — President Donald Trump signed an executive order June 20 that halts his administration’s family separation policy for families who have crossed the U.S.-Mexico border illegally. The executive order seeks to work around a 1997 consent decree that bars the …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob Roller By Mark Pattison WASHINGTON (CNS) — An increase in calls to dioceses to report claims of clergy sexual abuse has happened before, and is likely to happen again in the wake of the credible claim lodged against Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, retired archbishop of Washington, according …

By NEW YORK (CNS) — The Archdiocese of New York has posted an FAQ providing a timeline of Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick’s ministry in the church, information on how the archdiocese learned of an abuse allegation against the prelate now deemed credible and the church’s procedure for addressing abuse claims. …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob Roller By WASHINGTON (CNS) — The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said June 20 that the all clergy in the Catholic Church “have made a solemn promise to protect children and young people from all harm.” “This sacred charge applies to all who minister …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn By WASHINGTON (CNS) — Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, retired archbishop of Washington, said he will no longer exercise any public ministry “in obedience” to the Vatican after an allegation he abused a teenager almost 50 years ago has been found credible. “While shocked by the report, …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Adrees Latif, Reuters By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis said he stands with the U.S. bishops who recently condemned the Trump administration’s policy on immigration that has led to children being held in government shelters while their parents are sent to federal prisons. “I …

By WASHINGTON (CNS) — The U.S. bishops “cannot, in good faith, endorse” an immigration bill submitted by the House’s Republican leadership, said Bishop Joe S. Vasquez of Austin, Texas, chairman of the bishops’ Committee on Migration. Bishop Vasquez said the bill would bring about “large structural changes to the immigration …

IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy of Mothana Butres By Doreen Abi Raad BEIRUT (CNS) — When Islamic State fighters overran Qaraqosh, Iraq, in the summer of 2014, Mothana Butres was able to grab only a single volume from his father’s collection of thousands of Syriac books and manuscripts. The handwritten, 600-year-old book …

By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Young Catholics are looking for a church that listens to their concerns, accompanies them in discerning their vocations and helps them confront the challenges they face, said a working document for the upcoming Synod of Bishops on young people. The synod’s “instrumentum …

IMAGE: CNS photo/Callaghan O’Hare, Reuters By Rhina Guidos WASHINGTON (CNS) – From Denver to New York City, the country’s Catholic bishops have joined a chorus of organizations, institutions and high-profile individuals urging the Trump administration to stop separating children from their parents as they seek respite in the U.S. from …