Catholic groups are among state social service agencies, attorneys and others working to provide legal services, medical care, clothes, food and shelter for 48 migrants sent to Martha's Vineyard with no advance warning.
Distinctly Catholic: Underneath the tiring and tiresome drama of government as entertainment, the administration's decisions are undermining the common good.
Conflicts over proposed budget increases to fund controversial measures at the U.S. border still threaten a possible, partial government shutdown just before the holidays. Faith groups are speaking out.
Trump's trade war has not dented farmer support for him. Meanwhile, outside rural corners, issues like health care and tax cuts are factoring into Iowa's 1st District race.
With capital punishment called "inadmissible," activists see an end to "any remaining ambiguity about the Church's teaching against the death penalty" — and they hope for action.
With proposed policy changes, says one immigrant advocate, "We're asking parents to make a choice between food, health care, and maybe being able to stay here permanently in this country."
The bill, opposed by numerous faith groups, would have attached stricter work requirements to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and slashed funding by as much as $20 billion.
The $7 billion cut to the Children's Health Insurance Program as part of a $15 billion rescissions package sent to Congress would imperil "rainy-day" funding, critics say.
The interfaith prayer service was held as Congress considers a new farm bill that would dramatically scale back funding and access to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
