After mass killings, Trump condemns white supremacy but faces pressure for gun control while US Christian leaders call for action
Washington, DCReuters US President Donald Trump on Monday proposed tighter monitoring of the internet, mental health reform and wider use of the death penalty in response to mass shootings over the weekend that killed 31 people in Texas and Ohio. Republican Trump, who has been criticised by Democrats as stoking racial divisions with his rhetoric, […]
Catholic bishops rebuke Trump’s asylum changes, suggest ‘canonical penalties’
RNS The US Conference of Catholic Bishops opened its spring meeting this week with a stern reproach of the Trump administration’s latest immigration policies, with the group’s president suggesting the new rules on asylum are a “right to life” issue. Some bishops followed by urging protests, including “canonical penalties” for those who carry out the […]