US-Mexico border: On bridge between El Paso and Ciudad Juarez, two sides of Biden border crackdown
ANDREW HAY and JOSE LUIS GONZALEZ, of Reuters, report on the impact of President Joe Biden’s new approach to the crisis on the US-Mexico border…
Strengthening Storm Alberto takes aim at Mexico’s Gulf coast, at least three dead
Mexico City, US Reuters The outer edges of Tropical Storm Alberto began to unleash heavy rains over parts of north-eastern Mexico near the US border late on Wednesday as the large tropical system closed in on the Gulf coast, killing at least three people. According to the US National Hurricane Center (NHC), the storm was […]
Tony Evans says he is “stepping away” from leading Dallas megachurch due to “sin”
United States RNS Tony Evans, the longtime leader of a Dallas megachurch and bestselling author, has announced that he is stepping back from his ministry due to “sin” he committed years ago. “The foundation of our ministry has always been our commitment to the Word of God as the absolute supreme standard of truth to […]
Vatican overturns Texas bishop’s dismissal of Carmelite nun but backs his investigation
RNS The Vatican has overturned a Texas bishop’s dismissal of a Carmelite nun from her order after she was accused of breaking her vow of chastity with a priest, weighing in on a power struggle and scandal that drew national attention. The Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life found in […]
Why US Catholics are planning pilgrimages in communities across the nation
United States AP A long-planned series of Catholic pilgrimages has begun across the United States on the weekend, with pilgrims embarking on four routes before converging on Indianapolis in two months for a major gathering focusing on Eucharistic rites and devotions. The National Eucharistic Pilgrimage is beginning with Masses and other events in California, Connecticut, […]
Four deaths confirmed from severe storm that ravaged Houston
Reuters A severe storm packing hurricane-force winds pummelled Houston on Thursday, killing at least four people, blowing windows out of high-rise buildings and leaving some 800,000 homes without power as much of the city was plunged into darkness, the Mayor said. Much of downtown Houston and its commercial district were littered with fallen power lines […]
Texas woman who measures her life in eclipses about to see her 21st
Farmers Branch, Texas Reuters Leticia Ferrer is an “umbraphile” – literally, a shadow lover – but what it really means is that she is a chaser of eclipses. The 63-year-old Texas woman says she has traveled to all seven continents and even the oceans between them in pursuit of total solar eclipses, seeing every one […]
Mexico fears discrimination, strained US relations under new Texas immigration law
Washington DC, US/Ciudad Juarez, Mexico Reuters Mexico filed a court brief supporting the US Department of Justice’s opposition to a Republican-backed Texas law that would empower state authorities to arrest and prosecute people suspected of illegally crossing the US-Mexico border. The law, known as Senate Bill 4, would make it a state crime to illegally […]
US Supreme Court lets Texas border enforcement law take effect
Washington DC, US Reuters The US Supreme Court on Tuesday let a Republican-backed Texas law take effect that allows state law enforcement authorities to arrest people suspected of illegally crossing the US-Mexico border, rejecting a bid to block it by President Joe Biden’s administration. The court has a six-to-three conservative majority, and its three liberal […]
SpaceX Starship disintegrates after completing most of third test flight
Boca Chica, Texas Reuters SpaceX’s Starship rocket, designed to eventually send astronauts to the moon and beyond, completed nearly an entire test flight through space on its third try on Thursday, getting farther than ever before, but disintegrated on its return to Earth. During a webcast of the flight, SpaceX commentators said mission control lost […]