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United States would ‘grind to a standstill’ without immigrants, says Texas bishop

April 17, 2024

Bishop Mark Seitz of El Paso is encouraging the US Congress to create more avenues to legal employment authorisation for those with pending asylum claims, arguing that communities across the United States would “grind to a standstill” without the labour of undocumented immigrants. “Without their contributions, American communities would grind to a standstill,” Seitz said

Texas priest who slandered Pope Francis removed by San Antonio archbishop

March 20, 2024

NEW YORK – A priest in Texas who recently called Pope Francis a “usurper” has had his faculties for public ministry removed by Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller of San Antonio. The archbishop said the decision was made to prevent “further confusion and grave scandal”. García-Siller not only stripped the priest, Father John Mary Foster, of faculties

Texas bishops ‘celebrate’ court ruling blocking US government’s requirement for abortions if ‘stabilising treatment necessary’

January 04, 2024

NEW YORK – After a federal appeals court ruled 2 January that emergency room doctors in Texas are not required to perform abortions, effectively blocking regulatory guidance previously issued by the federal government, the state’s Catholic bishops said they welcome the ruling. “We celebrate the decision by the US Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals,” the

Justice Department pledges to ‘protect’ women seeking abortions in Texas after pro-life law takes effect

September 08, 2021

Denver Newsroom, Sep 7, 2021 / 14:30 pm Attorney General Merrick Garland on Monday vowed to “protect” women seeking abortions in Texas, days after a new state law went into effect aiming to prohibit most abortions after six weeks. While the Justice Department “urgently explores all options to challenge” Texas’ new law and “protect the

Pro-abortion groups appeal to Supreme Court against Texas’ ‘Heartbeat Act’

August 31, 2021

Washington D.C., Aug 30, 2021 / 16:10 pm Pro-abortion groups are asking the Supreme Court to block Texas’ law that would allow private citizens to sue abortion providers for illegal abortions. The law bans most abortions in the state after the detection of a fetal heartbeat – as early as five weeks into pregnancy On Monday,

Texas Catholics press through winter storm to help neighbors

February 18, 2021

Unseasonably cold temperatures in most of Texas— including record lows in cities like San Antonio and Corpus Christi— along with snow and ice have this week crippled much of the state and have caused widespread water problems and power outages.

Bishops cut ties with pro-life group

February 27, 2018

Texan Bishops told parishes to stop working with Texas Right to Life

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February 27, 2018

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