‘The answer to suffering is not to offer death’

Place Egypt on watch list, Commission on International Religious Freedom says The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom says Egypt should be placed on a religious freedom watch list after a Christian man was sentenced to five years in prison for critiquing Islam. Catholic bishops’ committees urge extending protections for Haitian migrants The temporary protected status (TPS) for Haitian migrants is set to expire on Feb. 3. Catholic bishops are asking the Trump administration to reconsider the plan and extend those protections.

U.S. bishops join international delegation in West Bank, call for 2-state solution Representatives of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops joined an international delegation to the West Bank, where they said conditions remain “catastrophic.”

‘The answer to suffering is not to offer death,’ cardinal says of assisted suicide bill in Italy The Italian bishops are opposing a pending bill that would legitimize assisted suicide and are also calling for greater investment in palliative care and support for the sick.

Military Archbishop Broglio: Hegseth is helping restore chaplain mission to spiritual ministry Archbishop Timothy Broglio of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA, discussed the role of military chaplains, the the restoration of chapel contracts, and just war doctrine.