WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed an executive order June 20 that halts his administration's family separation policy for families who have crossed the U.S.-Mexico border illegally.

The executive order seeks to work around a 1997 consent decree that bars the federal government from keeping children in immigration detention — even if they are with their parents — for more than 20 days. The executive order instructs the attorney general to seek federal court permission to...

Led by Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo, Catholic bishops in the United States condemned the separation of children from their families at the U.S./Mexico border as the government implements the administration's zero-tolerance policy in immigration.

Cardinal DiNardo called the practice, simply, "immoral." He's the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and the leader of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston.

Archbishop Robert J. Carlson joined the chorus of dissent on...

The crest on the uniform proudly displays the fact that the players are from a Catholic school. At the top of the crest are a cross and the initials "SV" representing St. Vincent, the saintly namesake of St. Vincent High School in Perryville. Wheat strands represent the Eucharist.

But the players on the Class 1 state championship high school girls soccer team went beyond that — they wore a Miraculous Medal pin attached to their uniform shorts.

The team completed a 20-6-1 season...

Members of the Young Catholic Musicians performed, explored and one even received royal treatment during their annual summer tour June 2 to 10.

The 28 musicians visited South Bend, Ind., as well as Toronto, Ontario, and performed their set, largely composed of show tunes and pop music from the 1950s on, a total of seven times.

The trip was "awesome, probably the best tour I've ever been on," said Mary Sharp, the president of the group for this past year. Sharp has attended 13...