U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar ruled that the Trump administration cannot refuse asylum to immigrants who cross the southern border illegally. The judge ruled that the president cannot rewrite laws or impose conditions that Congress has already forbade.

The Ohio House has passed a bill (the second in two years) that would ban abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected. Known as "heartbeat" legislation, it goes to the Ohio Senate for consideration.

The Catholic bishops of South Sudan and Sudan are appealing for their citizens to help foster peace through acts of love, forgiveness and reconciliation.

Police in Ballwin, Missouri are searching for a gunman who sexually assaulted a woman and shot another in the head in a Catholic religious goods store. Archbishop Robert Carlson of St. Louis (which is near Ballwin) asked for prayers for the victims.

Members of the Central American caravan will likely have to wait months to have their asylum cases heard, according to the Rev. Pat Murphy, a Scalabrini priest who runs the Casa del Migrante in Tijuana, Baja California. Fewer than 5 percent will be granted asylum, he said.

"The tremendous loss from the Camp Fire ravaging parts of the diocese is devastating," said Bishop Jaime Soto of Sacramento.