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Volunteers with the Butte mining company loaded 300 bins filled with all the fixings for a Christmas dinner for needy families in the Butte area.

Maine's senior senator sent a letter to the postmaster general Thursday expressing concern about a proposal to close the Hampden facility and merge it with the Scarborough one. A postal service spokesman, however, said there is no talk of closing facilities.

Maine's senior senator sent a letter to the postmaster general Thursday expressing concern about a proposal to close the Hampden facility and merge it with the Scarborough one. A postal service spokesman, however, said there is no talk of closing facilities.

While these bishops expressed different views about what exactly should be done, all said that the current U.S. immigration system is broken.

With Texas on the verge of allowing state police to arrest migrants and order them back across the border, the U.S. Bishops’ Migration chair bemoaned both the false narrative the policy would accentuate, and the hardship it would force on migrants.

The chairman of the US bishops’ committee on migration has lamented what he sees as a false narrative in discussions of border security.

Ahead of the U.S. Catholic Church’s observance of National Migration Week, the U.S. Bishops Conference Migration Chair is reminding Catholics that they are “compelled to respond with charity” to migrants and refugees who are forced to flee their homes.

California's Democratic governor and Florida's GOP governor are opposed on the right U.S. course. Voters would benefit from hearing them make their case.

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has asked the faithful to encourage members of Congress to support the Afghan Adjustment Act.

A bill to help eligible immigrant children achieve permanent legal status has received the support of the U.S. bishops conference.