Catholic leaders voice alarm that the president will end the DACA program protecting undocumented individuals brought to the U.S. as children.

His words would appear to be a gentle but firm reminder especially to the minority of Catholics who are challenging his authority.

An ad hoc committee to deal with racism in society and in the church may lead to the first pastoral letter on racism written by U.S. bishops since 1979

“For too long, the sin of racism has lived and thrived in our communities and even in some of our churches.”

To say that Hispanics in the diocese take pride in their newly appointed bishop is an understatement.

A second statement from the U.S. bishops read: “We stand against the evil of racism, white supremacy and neo-Nazism.”