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Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso, Texas, celebrates Mass at St. Pius X Church Sept. 23, 2019. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)

Asylum at the border is ‘effectively over,’ El Paso bishop says

Rhina Guidos
June 29, 2020
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After visiting a group of pregnant migrant women on the Mexico side of the border, Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso, Texas, issued strong words June 25 about the Trump administration’s “Remain in Mexico” program and other restrictive immigration measures, saying that turning away those seeking asylum in the U.S. amounts to sending them to their death.

Rose Byrne and Steve Carell star in a scene from the 2020 movie "Irresistible." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. The Motion Picture Association rating is R -- restricted. Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. (CNS photo/Daniel McFadden, Focus Features)

Movie Review: ‘Irresistible’

John Mulderig
June 26, 2020
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The movie’s lampooning of both the cynicism underlying our current electoral system and the cultural divide separating the coasts from the heartland will likely amuse most grown-ups.

Sharonell Fulton, a foster parent in Philadelphia, is pictured with a young woman and child in a May 23, 2018, photo. President Donald Trump signed an executive order June 24, 2020, intended to improve the child welfare system, seeking to strengthen foster care and adoption programs, and to increase partnerships between public, private, faith-based, and community organizations to help keep families together. (CNS photo/courtesy Becket Religious Liberty for All)

Trump’s order on foster care backs partnerships with faith-based agencies

Julie Asher
June 26, 2020
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President Donald Trump June 24 called for creating partnerships between state agencies and public, private, faith-based and community organizations “to help keep families together and, when that is not possible, to find children forever families.”

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