Migrant parents socialize outside the Annunciation House on June 26, 2018, in El Paso, Texas. / Credit: AP Photo/Matt York Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 15, 2025 / 14:45 pm (CNA). A Texas Catholic shelter network defended itself at the state Supreme Court this week against allegations that the nonprofit unlawfully harbors “aliens” who entered the…

A soldier passes by a wall covered with photos of hostages held by Hamas after the deadly Oct. 7, 2023, attack in a Tel Aviv train station on Jan. 14, 2025, Tel Aviv, Israel. / Credit: Amir Levy/Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 15, 2025 / 14:15 pm (CNA). Israel and Hamas forces have agreed…

Pope Francis meets with Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel on June 20, 2023, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media ACI Prensa Staff, Jan 15, 2025 / 13:15 pm (CNA). The Cuban government announced the release of 553 prisoners through the mediation of Pope Francis “in the spirit of the Ordinary Jubilee of 2025.” “President [Miguel]…