Articles by Matt Hadro
US Senate committee advances bill to aid Christians in Iraq
Sep 20, 2017 / 09:02 amA Senate committee on Tuesday voted to advance a bill that seeks to ensure U.S. aid reaches Christian genocide victims in Iraq.
St. Louis archbishop leads prayer for peace after violent protests
Sep 19, 2017 / 15:55 pmThe Archbishop of St. Louis led an interfaith group of religious leaders in prayer for peace and justice on Tuesday, after protests over the weekend turned violent.
Christian refugees reportedly forced to say Muslim prayers for food in Sudan
Sep 18, 2017 / 23:01 pmChristian children in Sudanese refugee camps are reportedly being given food only after they recite Muslim prayers, a papal aid group says.
Archbishop calls for peace amid protests over St Louis verdict
Sep 18, 2017 / 15:29 pmThe Archbishop of St. Louis called for prayer and peace after a judge acquitted a former St. Louis police officer in the shooting of a man in 2011.
Take in more refugees, not fewer, bishops urge White House
Sep 17, 2017 / 15:07 pmThe Trump administration is reportedly planning to further reduce the number of refugees the U.S. will accept in the coming fiscal year, drawing concern from the U.S. bishops and others.
Pro-life groups to Senate Dems: Don't eliminate Hyde Amendment
Sep 14, 2017 / 15:59 pmAfter a Democratic senator boasted on Wednesday that his party’s Medicare bill would repeal the Hyde Amendment, pro-life groups are pushing back, stressing that the longstanding policy has saved lives.
US bishops urge care of refugees as Supreme Court allows Trump travel ban
Sep 14, 2017 / 13:58 pmAs the Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed part of President Donald Trump’s travel ban to stand temporarily, the U.S. bishops' conference sympathized with the refugees affected by the ban.
How the US needs to stick up for the Middle East's Christians
Sep 13, 2017 / 05:01 amChristians in the Middle East are heroic witnesses to the faith, and the U.S. must help ensure they can stay in their homelands in peace, a Maronite bishop who is a leading advocate for the region’s Christians says.
This baker's Supreme Court case could set tone of religious liberty in US
Sep 12, 2017 / 02:04 amA Colorado baker’s fight to maintain his freedom of expression could be the most influential religious freedom decisions of the US Supreme Court in years, as the court considers the case this term.
Barred from disaster relief, damaged Texas churches sue government
Sep 7, 2017 / 23:02 pmTexas churches damaged by Hurricane Harvey filed a lawsuit against the Federal Emergency Management Agency, claiming they have been denied disaster relief grants due to their religious status.
'Outrageous and insulting' – US bishops reject Bannon's immigration remarks
Sep 7, 2017 / 15:22 pmThe U.S. bishops’ conference on Thursday sharply rejected claims by former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon that the bishops support undocumented immigrants in order to fill churches and make money.
Concerns of 'anti-Catholic bigotry' as judicial nominee questioned about faith
Sep 7, 2017 / 08:25 amA Catholic nominee to a federal circuit court faced hostile questions about her faith from U.S. senators on Wednesday, prompting outrage from Catholic leaders.
Did this group lose its fundraising page because of its view on marriage?
Sep 6, 2017 / 14:57 pmA non-profit group dedicated to studying and explaining the effects of the sexual revolution claims that its ability to process donations online was cancelled because of its views on sexuality.
Bishops decry Trump administration's decision to end DACA
Sep 5, 2017 / 14:23 pmBishops condemned the Trump administration’s decision Tuesday to end a program that benefited hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants who entered the U.S. as minors.
As State Department reorganizes, what will be the fate of religious freedom office?
Aug 31, 2017 / 16:03 pmAlthough the State Department plans to cut or consolidate certain senior positions as part of an ongoing reorganization, the international religious freedom office will reportedly be expanded.
This health center for the uninsured used to be an abortion clinic
Aug 31, 2017 / 15:31 pmPrayer. Sacrifice. Friendship. Charity. Could one Virginia community’s work to put basic Gospel tenets into action be a model for the future of the pro-life movement?
Religious freedom advocate: Female genital mutilation is unjustifiable
Aug 29, 2017 / 11:03 amWhile lawyers defending the practice of female genital mutilation claim that it is protected by religious freedom rights, one leading religious liberty advocate insists that it must be condemned as a human rights violation.
Why hasn't the Trump administration dropped the HHS mandate?
Aug 24, 2017 / 15:23 pmLawyers for the Little Sisters of the Poor said it’s time for the Trump administration to admit that the Obama-era contraception mandate is unconstitutional and provide the sisters relief.
The rise of the 'alt-right' – how should the Church respond?
Aug 24, 2017 / 02:02 amPeople are probably familiar with white supremacist groups like neo-Nazis and the Ku Klux Klan – both of which made an appearance at the violent rallies in Charlottesville, Virginia that shocked the nation and the world.
US bishops create Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism
Aug 23, 2017 / 08:54 amIn the wake of the recent white nationalist rallies in Charlottesville, the U.S. bishops have announced that they are establishing a new Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism.