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A news assistant runs past the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington after the justices announced they would hear President Donald Trump's travel ban case in October and also said that in the meantime, a limited version of the ban could take effect while the legal battle continues. (CNS photo/Yuri Gripas, Reuters)

Supreme Court will hear travel ban, allow some limits on immigration

Rhina Guidos
June 26, 2017
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The U.S. Catholic bishops have opposed the ban and its revision, particularly because of the provision that suspends entry of all refugees for at least four months.

Activists rally outside U.S. Supreme Court in Washington June 26 after the court sided with Trinity Lutheran Church in Columbia, Mo., which sued after being denied a state grant for creating a safer playground. (CNS photo/Yuri Gripas, Reuters)

Court says church school can’t be barred from state funds for playground

Carol Zimmermann
June 26, 2017
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In a 7-2 decision, the Supreme Court June 26 said a Lutheran preschool should not be excluded from a state grant program to refurbish its playground surface just because it is a religious entity.

Parishioners of Sacred Heart of Jesus-Sagrado Corazón de Jesús in Highlandtown place flowers and candles in front of a statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe in December 2013. (CR file)

The Least of These: Welcoming the stranger

Erik Zygmont
June 26, 2017
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Fleeing El Salvador and a threat to her life, a young woman found refuge and new life in the Archdiocese of Baltimore. She is among the many immigrants welcomed by the Catholic Church.

Members of the class of 2017 at Mercy High School, Catherine Zuzarte, left, and Christine Joy Escobar, point to their family origins of Pakistan and the Philippines, respectively, on a globe in the school’s library. Both were archdiocesan Distinctive Scholars. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)

Mercy High School offers international scope

Mary K. Tilghman
June 24, 2017
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Christine Joy “CJ” Escobar, a native of the Philippines, and Catherine Zuzarte, a first-generation Pakistani-American, often feel torn between the lands of their parents and their American community. At Baltimore’s Mercy High School, however, they always felt at home.

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