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Catholic legal group criticizes Trump’s birthright-citizenship order as bishops plan to monitor

The Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC) criticized an executive order targeting birthright citizenship. The U.S. Catholic bishops are reviewing and monitoring the order.

Texas Children’s Hospital fined for performing illegal ‘sex-rejecting’ procedures on minors

Texas Children’s will pay $10 million to resolve the claims, with $8,576,000 going to the state of Texas, as well as fund, for five years, a first-of-its kind detransition clinic.

Archbishop Hicks resumes public ministry after eye surgery

The New York archbishop returned to St. Patrick’s Cathedral to celebrate Mass for the profession of vows of the Sisters of Life.

U.S. attorney general nominee Todd Blanche commits to protecting pro-life state laws

Here is a roundup of recent pro-life and abortion-related news.

Baltimore Archdiocese suspends deacon from ministry after arrest over solicitation of a minor

Deputies arrested Deacon Kenneth Goedeke after he reportedly arranged a meeting with what he believed was a 15-year-old boy.

Federal court hears arguments on Oklahoma’s ban for religious charter schools

Oklahoma’s Statewide Charter School Board wants to approve religious charter schools, but a ruling from the Oklahoma Supreme Court and efforts by the state attorney general prevent it from doing so.

Family learns hospice bed opened as father faced scheduled assisted suicide

A Canadian woman said her father’s assisted suicide came after failed efforts to secure hospice care, as Catholic ministries challenge New York’s assisted suicide law in court.

Florida bishops urge senators to back bill extending Haitian temporary protected status to 2029

The U.S. House of Representatives advanced the bill that would extend temporary protected status (TPS) for Haiti through 2029 in April, and the measure has stalled in the Senate.

New York Catholic church suffers fourth vandalism attack in 2 years with destruction of Mary statue

Police are investigating the attack on St. Rita Catholic Church as a hate crime, the Diocese of Brooklyn said.

Pope Leo XIV appoints new archbishop of San Juan, Puerto Rico

Bishop Eusebio Ramos was appointed on Aug. 6 to replace Archbishop Roberto González, who has led the archdiocese since 1999.