Ellen Teague

Share The bishops’ legal brief called the Trump administration’s action ‘unlawful’ because the funding cut off had already been appropriated by Congress. The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on 18 February seeking a temporary restraining order on the White House’s abrupt halt to funding for the bishops’ Migration and Refugee Services programme.

Columban Missionaries in Britain and Ireland have launched their 2024/2025 Schools Media Competition, which has the title: ‘Jubilee: Pilgrims of Hope’. Encouraging creativity and faith engagement with issues in the world today, this year’s competition welcomes both written and image entries until the 7th February 2025, with winners being announced on the 10th March 2025. Two separate competitions will be judged, one for students in Ireland and one for students in Britain.

Pope Francis again prayed for peace in the Holy after the Angelus last Sunday. He has made more than 60 appeals for peace in the Middle East and for the population of Gaza over the past year, according to the Vatican. A senior papal diplomat suggested last week that the Holy See was considering alternatives to the two-state solution it has historically advocated for the conflict in the region.