State Department cancels U.S. bishops’ contracts for refugee settlement — By: Catholic News Agency

null / Credit: Mark Van Scyoc/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Mar 4, 2025 / 14:00 pm (CNA). The State Department has canceled two multimillion-dollar refugee resettlement contracts with the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), a move that comes as the bishops themselves are suing the Trump administration over a major funding freeze. Two Feb. 26 “notice of…

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USCCB’s Broglio calls for ‘just peace’ in Ukraine in first-ever Lenten reflection — By: Catholic News Agency

Archbishop Timothy Broglio, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, speaks at the USCCB fall plenary assembly Nov. 14, 2023. / Credit: USCCB video Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 4, 2025 / 12:40 pm (CNA). Archbishop Timothy Broglio, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), issued a Lenten reflection on Monday with a…

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Senate Democrats block bill that would ban men from women’s sports — By: Catholic News Agency

null / Credit: WoodysPhotos/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 4, 2025 / 10:50 am (CNA). Senate Democrats joined together to block Republican-backed legislation that would have permanently banned biological men from participating in women’s sports at K–12 schools and colleges that receive federal funding. The bill’s Republican backers needed at least seven Democrats to support a…

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