National/World News

<img src="https://therecordnewspaper.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/20220718T1221-TEXAS-BISHOPS-IMMIGRATION-LIFE-1717831-1024x683.jpg" class="wp-post-image first-post-image" alt="Texas bishops call for immigration
reform after migrant deaths in trailer" />

Texas bishops call for immigration
reform after migrant deaths in trailer

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By Rhina Guidos WASHINGTON — The Texas Catholic bishops urged immigration reform, saying it is necessary to prevent what happened to 53 migrants discovered…

<img src="https://therecordnewspaper.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/20220715T1130-POPE-CANADA-SMUDGE-1717803-683x1024.jpg" class="wp-post-image first-post-image" alt="Indigenous priest shares practices
that will be part of pope’s Canada trip" />

Indigenous priest shares practices
that will be part of pope’s Canada trip

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By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY — When Pope Francis travels to Canada to apologize to Indigenous communities for the way the Catholic Church joined…

<img src="https://therecordnewspaper.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/20220718T1330-TIGRAY-BLOCKADE-HINDER-1717824-1024x768.jpg" class="wp-post-image first-post-image" alt="Priest reports that blockade of Tigray
harms church’s humanitarian response" />

Priest reports that blockade of Tigray
harms church’s humanitarian response

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By Frederick Nzwili NAIROBI, Kenya — A continuing siege of Tigray by Ethiopian government forces is frustrating church efforts to deliver humanitarian aid to…

<img src="https://therecordnewspaper.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/20220718T1015-NICARAGUA-PRIESTS-ARRESTS-1717823-1024x666.jpg" class="wp-post-image first-post-image" alt="Parishioners protest arrest of second
priest in two months in Nicaragua" />

Parishioners protest arrest of second
priest in two months in Nicaragua

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By David Agren GUADALAJARA, Mexico — Catholics in Nicaragua are calling for the release of two priests detained over the past two months as…

<img src="https://therecordnewspaper.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/20220715T1000-CONSISTENT-ETHIC-OF-LIFE-GEORGETOWN-1717801-1024x388.jpg" class="wp-post-image first-post-image" alt="Pro-life panelists see unintended
consequences from Dobbs decision" />

Pro-life panelists see unintended
consequences from Dobbs decision

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By Mark Pattison WASHINGTON — Despite their pro-life bona fides, a five-member panel at a July 14 Georgetown University forum voiced their hesitancies with…

<img src="https://therecordnewspaper.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/20220718T0745-POPE-ANGELUS-MARY-MARTHA-1717813-1024x683.jpg" class="wp-post-image first-post-image" alt="Listening to God’s word comes
first; activity comes next, pope says" />

Listening to God’s word comes
first; activity comes next, pope says

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By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY — The Gospel story of the sisters Mary and Martha, one sitting at Jesus’ feet and the other making…

<img src="https://therecordnewspaper.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/20220713T1045-BRAZIL-SETTLEMENT-STANG-REVOKE-1717673-1024x783.jpg" class="wp-post-image first-post-image" alt="Farm settlement honoring U.S.-born
nun created, then revoked in Amazon" />

Farm settlement honoring U.S.-born
nun created, then revoked in Amazon

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By Lise Alves SÃO PAULO — It took just four days between the creation and the revocation of the settlement named for a U.S.-born…

<img src="https://therecordnewspaper.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/20220713T1045-POPE-CLIMATE-CHANGE-1717670-1024x683.jpg" class="wp-post-image first-post-image" alt="Humanity has ‘moral obligation’ to
fight climate change, pope says" />

Humanity has ‘moral obligation’ to
fight climate change, pope says

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By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY — The care of the environment and the fight against climate change is not a lofty goal for…