A faith contingent urged the Environmental Protection Agency to issue before 2023 a draft rule for vehicle model years 2027 and beyond to further improve fuel efficiency and reduce tailpipes' greenhouse gas emissions.
The bipartisan bill, which aims to place a price on carbon emissions, is "a hopeful sign" that legislators are taking climate change seriously, says Bishop Frank Dewane.
An interim final rule from the departments of Homeland Security and Justice and a presidential proclamation bar migrants who cross the border between ports of entry from applying for asylum.
The latest news on active nonviolence: Groups condemn use of Scripture to justify separation of immigrant families; Hunger-strikers oppose third runway at Heathrow Airport in London.
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."
In a docudrama airing on PBS, the 13th-century meeting between St. Francis of Assisi and Sultan Malik al-Kamil gets a fresh look amid our present-day tensions and dehumanization.
Bishops are among Catholic critics of the proposed withdrawal, which "solidifies the already troubling approach of our nation in addressing climate change."
Bishop Mark Seitz and others call out Trump's Catholic chief of staff, Gen. John Kelly, asking him to shield the immigration policy protecting young people brought to the U.S. as children.