The announcement comes after months of uncertainty and antagonism about reimbursing Catholic agencies for their work with refugees.

Defrocked Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, the highest-ranking U.S. Catholic prelate to face criminal charges for the sexual abuse of a minor, died Thursday (April 3), according to Vatican media.

Wordly is one of several small companies offering live AI translation services for religious groups. The technology has yet to become widespread in houses of worship, but about 200 in the U.S. are using Wordly, mostly churches but also a few synagogues and mosques.

Back in December, a group of migrants, released just hours before from detention centers or Customs and Border Protection processing, sat beside a large photo of Nazareth in the sanctuary of Iglesia Bautista West Brownsville, ready to participate in Wednesday night worship.

In a Monday night (March 10) status report on refugee resettlement, President Donald Trump’s administration acknowledged there had been a “significant deterioration of functions” due to its stop-work orders and suspension of resettlement programs. 

To see the Catholic vice president from Ohio attack refugee resettlement was “discouraging,” said Andrew Musgrave, the director of Catholic social action for the Archdiocese of Cincinnati

During the 20 years of surveys, the respondents reported 16,276 credible allegations of sexual abuse of minors by priests, deacons or religious brothers.

"Conclave," Robert Harris’ 2016 novel, dramatizes the Catholic process for choosing a new supreme leader in a film that has already won top prizes at multiple film festivals and seems well positioned for awards show season.