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IMAGE: CNS photo/Jamal Nasrallah, EPABy Dale GavlakAMMAN, Jordan (CNS) -- Promisedresettlement in the United States after escaping death and destruction in theirhomeland, many Syrian refugees are frustrated and angry over President DonaldTrump's executive action banning their entry to the U.S. until further notice. "We're frustrated. We weretold that we were accepted for resettlement in the U.S., and now everything isat a standstill," a Syrian refugee woman told Catholic News Service,wiping away tears as she surveyed her crumbling home in the Jordaniancapital."Neither the U.S. Embassynor the International Organization for Migration have responded to our repeatedtelephone calls about our status or what to expect in the future," saidthe mother of four young children, whose family fled to Jordan in 2013 aftertheir home was bombed. Rahma provided only her first name for fear of reprisal."If there is no longer anychance of being resettled in the U.S., then we would like to know whether w...
Ashley C. Ford felt driven to act by a sad fact of life in the nation's school cafeterias: Kids with unpaid lunch accounts are often embarrassed with a substitute meal of a cold cheese sandwich and a carton of milk....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Oprah Winfrey has been named a "special contributor" to CBS News' "60 Minutes."...
QUEBEC CITY (AP) -- The French Canadian university student charged with killing six Muslim men during evening prayers at a mosque was known for extreme nationalist views and his support of the French rightist party led by Marine Le Pen....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans delayed indefinitely planned Senate committee votes on President Donald Trump's picks to be Health and Treasury secretaries on Tuesday after Democrats boycotted the session and demanded more information on the two nominees' past financial behavior....
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) -- President Donald Trump's order temporarily banning refugees and immigrants from seven mostly Muslim countries is playing well in Trump Country, those places that propelled him to the White House....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Speaker Paul Ryan on Tuesday defended President Donald Trump's divisive executive order on refugees and immigration, arguing that while the rollout was bumpy, the policy is consistent with Republican principles....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In an extraordinary public showdown, President Donald Trump fired the acting attorney general of the United States after she publicly questioned the constitutionality of his refugee and immigration ban and refused to defend it in court....
(Vatican Radio)  If we keep our eyes constantly fixed on Jesus, we will discover with surprise that it is he who looks lovingly upon each of us. That was Pope Francis’ message on Tuesday at his morning Mass in the Casa Santa Marta.Listen to Devin Watkins' report: Jesus does not seek popularity, but is always among peopleThe author of Hebrews exhorts us to run in the faith "with perseverance, keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus." In the Gospel, Jesus looks at us and sees us. Pope Francis explained that he is close to us, he "is always in the crowd": “He didn’t walk around with guards to protect him, so that the people could not touch him. No, no! He stayed there and people surrounded him. And there were more people around every time Jesus went out. Statisticians might have been inclined to publish: ‘Rabbi Jesus’ popularity is falling’. But he sought something else: he sought people. And the people sought him. The people h...
(Vatican Radio)  Franciscans in the United States have expressed their dismay for the government’s announcement to ‘pause’ Refugee Resettlement.In response to President Trump’s plan, over 1,000 Franciscans signed a statement resisting a proposed Muslim registry and in support of refugees.The statement was released by the Franciscan Action Network (FAN), a collective Franciscan voice seeking to transform United States public policy related to peace making, care for creation, poverty and human rights.Please find below the FAN press release: Washington, D.C. - The announcement by the Trump Administration to "pause" refugee resettlement for 120 days, effectively halting the resettlement process is deeply disturbing to Franciscans all over the country. The United States must not turn our backs on refugees from around the world at the very time when they are most in need of safety from war and persecution.By effectively stopping the resettleme...
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