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WASHINGTON – On July 28, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Acting Secretary Chad Wolf issued a memorandum adding limitations to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. The memorandum was issued in response to the recent 5-4 decision by the Supreme Court of the United States striking down the Trump Administration’s September 2017 attempt to end the DACA program.

Tomorrow, July 31, 2020, Bishop-elect David L. Toups will begin the eight-day retreat a priest makes before his Ordination to the Order of Bishop. These days of silence, prayer and reflection on his call to teach, govern and sanctify the faithful committed to his pastoral care are wisely required by our faith tradition.

By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Besides the immediate considerations of trying to stay healthy, to mourn the dead and protect others, the coronavirus pandemic should be prompting Christians to reflect on their faith, Pope Francis wrote.

A small number of people gathered July 26 to celebrate a momentous occasion, the rededication and blessing of the Holy Family Retreat Center in Beaumont.

By Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — The U.S. Catholic Church will convene a yearlong intercultural process with young adults and ministry leaders July 25. Called “Journeying Together,” the initiative aims to explore the Catholic Church’s engagement with young people of diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds and mobilize U.S. Catholics on issues and concerns related to culture and race in the United States, according to a July 22 news release from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

During my episcopacy, our diocese has placed a great emphasis on the Catholic teaching of Stewardship as our people have journeyed together to share their gifts in love and justice. We have come to understand on an even deeper level that each of us is totally dependent on the love of our Creator and interdependent with each other.” That’s the observation Bishop Curtis Guillory, SVD, made this July in a letter to pastors about the Stewardship Journey the diocese has been on for the last 19 years.

WASHINGTON – Pope Francis has named Bishop Edward C. Malesic of Greensburg as Bishop of Cleveland. The appointment was publicized in Washington, D.C. on July 16, 2020 by Archbishop Christophe Pierre, apostolic nuncio to the United States.

Plans are underway in order to maintain a safe learning environment for Catholic school students in the Diocese of Beaumont. August 10 marks the first day of school for the five schools in the Diocese.

By Junno Arocho Esteves, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis advanced the sainthood causes of two women and three men, including an Italian laywoman who was once believed to be demonically possessed because of her violent convulsions after drinking unsafe water.

Catholic Charities of Southeast Texas’ Market to HOPE food pantry receives national attention for its work on the community affected by the pandemic. Check out the article by Martha White of NBC News in the link below: https://www.nbcnews.com/business/consumer/millions-americans-are-going-hungry-pandemic-erodes-incomes-destroys-communities-n1233110

By Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Decrying the unimaginable “hell” migrants experience in detention centers, Pope Francis urged all Christians to examine how they do or don’t help — as Jesus commanded — the people God has placed in their path.

By Junno Arocho Esteves, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis praised the United Nations’ adoption of a global cease-fire resolution amid the coronavirus pandemic that has swept the world.

By Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Msgr. Georg Ratzinger, a musician and retired Pope Benedict XVI’s elder brother, died July 1 at the age of 96. According to Vatican News, Msgr. Ratzinger died in Regensburg, Germany, where he had been hospitalized.