A feud between the federal government and a Catholic diocese in New Mexico escalated over the past week when the Department of Homeland Security moved to seize church land along the U.S.-Mexico border to build a little over a mile of “border barrier.” The land is on the lower slopes of Mount Cristo Rey, a … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A large Roman Catholic diocese pushed back at criticism Friday after Pope Leo XIV appointed a former illegal immigrant as a bishop amid heightened tensions between the Vatican and Washington over refugees and ICE enforcement. Leo nominated Bishop Evelio Menjivar-Ayala as bishop of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston, … Read more
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha will release on Wednesday findings from a multiyear investigation into child sexual abuse in the Diocese of Providence. According to the attorney general’s office, the report will detail the diocese’s handling of clergy abuse over decades. While the smallest state in the U.S., Rhode Island is … Read more