Trump’s visit complicated March for Life’s pro-woman theme
- Jan 25, 2020
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Hearing cites successes, undone work in protecting trafficking victims
- Jan 17, 2020
On the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, a Jan. 15 hearing to celebrate the act cited numerous successes — including the passage of four subsequent bills to further clamp down on trafficking — but noted work yet to do to keep both children and adults safe from others who would exploit them for sex or cheap labor.
Bishop praises congressional reauthorization of scholarship program
- Dec 28, 2019
The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Catholic Education Committee applauded the recent decision by Congress to reauthorize scholarship legislation that includes a federal education voucher for nearly 2,000 students in Washington.
Smith, USCIRF welcome State Department report on religious persecution
- Dec 24, 2019
A Catholic member of Congress and the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom welcomed the U.S. Department of State’s redesignation of nine nations as “countries of particular concern” for carrying out or tolerating “systematic, ongoing, egregious violations of religious freedom.”
Faith leaders, nonprofit groups hail House repeal of ‘parking lot tax’
- Dec 24, 2019
Congress has repealed a so-called “parking lot tax” that was part of the 2017 tax cut measure and would have required houses of worship and other nonprofits to pay a 21 percent tax on employee benefits such as parking spaces and transit subsidies.
Two archbishops urge support of House resolution on assisted suicide
- Dec 21, 2019
Two U.S. archbishops urged support of a House concurrent resolution that calls for “comprehensive medical care” over suicide or assisted suicide for patients nearing the end of their lives.
New trade deal not great but better than last one, Catholic leaders say
- Dec 20, 2019
The U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, a new trade deal unveiled Dec. 10 by President Donald Trump and House Democratic leaders, is no panacea, according to Catholics involved in labor matters, but it is better than the North American Free Trade Agreement it is designed to replace.
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