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Marilyn Miranda, 9, draped in a Salvadoran flag, attends an immigration rally with her mother outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington June 4, 2019. (CNS photo/Leah Millis, Reuters) For years, the U.S. policy on the southern border has focused on security above all else. Under former President Trump, for example, the United States implemented a zero-tolerance policy that led to thousands of children being separated from their families. The administration also put into force the Migrant Protections Protocol, which empowered immigration officials to return thousands of asylum seekers to Mexico to...

“Standing here at the US-Mexico border, how do we begin to diagnose the soul of our country?” asked Bishop Mark Seitz.

  Article Church vows to go 'green' in nine years: 'We cannot challenge others if we do not challenge ourselves' By Louise Glen Published: 11:00, 10 January 2021 Get the Ross-shire Journal sent to your inbox every week and swipe through an exact replica of the day's newspaper A virtual church gathering has vowed to have net zero emissions by 2030. The Scottish Episcopal Church has committed to challenge itself to reduce its carbon footprint after a vote at its annual meeting. The annual synod meeting of the Scottish Episcopal Church (SEC) was opened by the Most Rev Bishop Mark Strange, B...

Msgr. Ray East, pastor of St. Teresa of Avila Catholic Church in Washington, speaks during a prayerful protest outside the White House June 8, 2020, following the death of George Floyd, an unarmed African American man whose neck was pinned to the ground by police for more than eight minutes before he was taken to the hospital. (CNS/Bob Roller) Washington — This year, as tens of thousands of people nationwide protested racial injustices, Catholics similarly took to the streets and also joined in prayer services and discussions speaking out against inequalities and seeking a...

Washington Auxiliary Bishop Roy E. Campbell and a woman religious walk with others toward the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington during a peaceful protest June 8, 2020, following the death of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man in Minneapolis whose neck was pinned to the ground by a white police officer for more than eight minutes before he was taken to the hospital. (CNS photo/Bob Roller) Dec. 22, 2020 Catholic News Service WASHINGTON -- This year, as tens of thousands of people nationwide protested racial injustices, Catholics similarly took to the str...