President Barack Obama Archives

Bishops’ migration chair urges House pass new bill to protect ‘Dreamers’
- Mar 16, 2019
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Migration March 15 endorsed the American Dream and Promise Act of 2019, which would provide equal protection and a pathway to citizenship for qualifying “Dreamers” and those covered by the Temporary Protected Status and Deferred Enforced Departure programs.

By Catholic News Service
ND President says Catholic higher ed contributes to fighting racism
- Aug 26, 2017
At the opening Mass of the 2017 academic year, Father John Jenkins, president of the University of Notre Dame, condemned racism and argued that Catholic higher education offers a specific contribution to the national fight against it, building on a tradition of Notre Dame leaders being involved in struggles for civil rights and racial justice.

By Christopher White
Trump and Francis may face new tensions over Cuba
- Jun 12, 2017
President Donald Trump and Pope Francis had a cordial meeting on May 24, stressing areas of agreement such as religious freedom and persecuted Christians in the Middle East. Since then, however, a Vatican aide described Trump’s pullout from the Paris climate change accord as a “slap in the face,” and now Trump seems poised to rollback the opening to Cuba that Francis helped engineer.

By John L. Allen Jr.

Those 29 times presidents and popes have intersected
- May 19, 2017
Ahead of Pope Francis’s May 24 meeting with United States President Donald Trump, it’s worth looking back at previous times popes and presidents have met in person, and what was said about those encounters at the time.

By Inés San Martín

Trump signs bill to let states redirect funds away from abortion clinics

Apr 14, 2017

It is now possible for states to redirect Title X family planning funding away from clinics that perform abortions, such as planned parenthood. President Donald Trump signed the bill into law, overruling what some consider the previous administration’s “parting gift to the abortion industry.”

By Catholic News Service

Philly’s Chaput on a post-Christian culture, ‘Amoris’, and more

Mar 2, 2017

In a conversation with Crux’s John Allen, Archbishop Charles Chaput of Philadelphia explains why he thinks Americans are living in a ‘post-Christian’ culture, and also why he thinks it would be a good idea for Pope Francis to answer the dubia about ‘Amoris Laetitia.’

By John L. Allen Jr.

USCCB committee chairmen applaud decision on transgender directive

Feb 25, 2017

The recent decision by the Donald Trump administration to withdraw protections that allowed transgender students to use bathrooms that corresponded with their gender identity was celebrated by Catholic bishops, but had mixed reactions from other religious leaders in the United States.

By Catholic News Service