Ss. Cyril and Methodius Ukrainian Catholic Church

The closure occurred in a context of growing political debates around the challenges posed by the expansion of Islam in the country.

The U.S. House of Representatives advanced the bill that would extend temporary protected status (TPS) for Haiti through 2029 in April, and the measure has stalled in the Senate.

“We are a bastion of faith that loudly proclaims the value of the faith in the building of a country,” said Bishop Ramón Valdivia, Ceuta’s apostolic administrator.

Police are investigating the attack on St. Rita Catholic Church as a hate crime, the Diocese of Brooklyn said.

Bishop Eusebio Ramos was appointed on Aug. 6 to replace Archbishop Roberto González, who has led the archdiocese since 1999.

The Ceuta border separates two radically different socioeconomic realities.

A wealthy Catholic investor near Munich is paying 500 euros for every baptism, and the Diocese of Augsburg is not entirely comfortable with it.

“Every day there are attacks against the Most Holy Virgin in many ways,” noted Father Manuel Navarro.

After a troubled youth and a powerful conversion experience, Polish national Bartłomiej “Bartek” Krakowiak has been arrested and charged with acts of vandalism at the Marian shrine in Medjugorje.

In an Aug. 2 message, Archbishop Luis Argüello said: “Biopolitics is key to current global power.”