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2 months ago | 
angelusnews.com | Kimberley Heatherington writes |Kimberly Heatherington |Cindy Wooden |Scott Hahn
In 2015, Pope Francis shared an urgent message with the world. Writing in "Laudato Si', on Care for Our Common Home," he said the Earth "cries out to us because of the harm we have inflicted on her by our irresponsible use and abuse of the goods with which God has endowed her."With the 10th anniversary of the release of "Laudato Si'" approaching May 24, experts wonder: Have we been listening?
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2 months ago | 
angelusnews.com | Anto Akkara |Kimberly Heatherington |Cindy Wooden |Heather King
Activists in India are decrying remarks from the leader of the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in which the politician threatened to prescribe the death penalty for religious conversions in Madhya Pradesh state. “A provision for capital punishment will be made in the Madhya Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act for religious conversion,” declared Mohan Yadav, BJP chief minister of the state, at an International Women’s Day program on March 8.
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2 months ago | 
angelusnews.com | Kimberley Heatherington writes |Kimberly Heatherington |Cindy Wooden |Heather King
It was one solid social victory amid the communal disintegration of the COVID-19 pandemic: With the congressional passage of the 2021 American Rescue Plan Act, an estimated 3.7 million U.S. children were lifted out of poverty when the maximum federal child tax credit was raised -- and, more importantly, when it was made "fully refundable."That meant that -- for the first time -- this federal tax credit was available to all children and families, even with low or no earnings.
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Feb 20, 2025 | 
angelusnews.com | Kimberley Heatherington writes |Kimberly Heatherington |Peter Smith |Junno Arocho Esteves
President Donald Trump's Feb. 18 executive order on in vitro fertilization is the president's first step toward fulfilling a campaign trail promise to expand IVF -- an action the Catholic Church and other experts warn will fuel large-scale destruction of embryonic human life, while doing little to increase the nation's overall birth rate.
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Jan 5, 2025 | 
catholicreview.org | Kimberly Heatherington
The expectation that President-elect Donald J. Trump's incoming administration will revoke the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's long-standing policy restricting the arrest of unauthorized immigrants at or near houses of worship has led faith leaders to protest what they say represents an impending threat to religious freedom.
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Jan 5, 2025 | 
catholicreview.org | Kimberly Heatherington
Since President-elect Donald Trump’s Nov. 5 victory, most Americans expect him to tackle the issue of immigration within the first 100 days of reoccupying the Oval Office. But will immigrants who registered with the federal government — hoping for a path to citizenship through programs such as Keeping Families Together (KFT), Consideration of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), and Temporary Protected Status (TPS) — actually be the most vulnerable to deportation?
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Jan 3, 2025 | 
catholicreview.org | Kimberly Heatherington
She was a wife. A mother. A teacher. She was also — as the title of a new exhibit at the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg, Maryland, tells visitors — “One of Us.”And as the first native-born American saint, the 50th anniversary of Mother Seton’s canonization will be celebrated with a full year of spiritually immersive activities — beginning Jan. 4 with an EWTN-televised Mass celebrated by Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori — at the pilgrimage destination bearing her name.
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Jan 3, 2025 | 
angelusnews.com | Kimberly Heatherington
Since President-elect Donald Trump's Nov. 5 victory, most Americans expect him to tackle the issue of immigration within the first 100 days of reoccupying the Oval Office. But will immigrants who registered with the federal government -- hoping for a path to citizenship through programs such as Keeping Families Together (KFT), Consideration of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), and Temporary Protected Status (TPS) -- actually be the most vulnerable to deportation?
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Dec 31, 2024 | 
angelusnews.com | Kimberly Heatherington
In an eventful year for life issues -- including abortion, assisted suicide, and immigration -- advocates and opponents alike wrestled with outcomes, each other, governments, public opinion, and the ballot box. Ultimately -- according to various experts interviewed by OSV News -- 2024 will perhaps be remembered as 12 months stocked with both mixed results and future uncertainties.
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Dec 31, 2024 | 
angelusnews.com | Kimberly Heatherington
The expectation that President-elect Donald J. Trump's incoming administration will revoke the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's long-standing policy restricting the arrest of unauthorized immigrants at or near houses of worship has led faith leaders to protest what they say represents an impending threat to religious freedom. Called a "sensitive locations" ban, the policy also stops the arrest of these immigrants at or near hospitals, schools, and even funerals and weddings. On Dec.
