‘God hears the cries of the victims,’

‘God hears the cries of the victims,’ Mexican bishop assures at Walk for Peace Bishop Ramón Castro expressed the Church's resolve to stand firm in its solidarity with victims of organized crime, decrying widespread extortion and corruption in Mexico. Pope Leo XIV thanks Catholic Extension Society for its assistance to migrants and the poor The pope expressed his gratitude to the papal society founded in 1905, which raises funds to support and strengthen under-resourced mission dioceses throughout the United States. Calling nuclear weapons immoral, Archbishop Wester urges halt to production of plutonium pits Archbishop John Wester challenged the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration’s position that increased pit production complies with the 1970 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. White House official promotes faith-based drug abuse prevention and recovery programs A new Office of National Drug Control Policy report emphasizes the important role of faith-based partnerships.

Religious freedom division restored at U.S. health agency’s civil rights office The office was dissolved in 2023 under former President Joe Biden’s administration.