Former President Barack Obama lashed out at the United States Supreme Court for crippling the racial gerrymandering schemes practiced by his party, and Americans were quick to put him in his place.
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Read MoreGlorious St. Joseph,
model of all those who are devoted to labour,
obtain for me the grace to work conscientiously,
putting the call of duty above my many sins;
to work with thankfulness and joy,
considering it an honour to employ and develop,
by means of labour,
the gifts received from God;
to work with order,
peace, prudence and patience,
never surrendering to weariness or difficulties;
to work, above all,
with purity of intention,
and with detachment …
A reading from the Book of the Acts of the Apostles
Acts 13:13-25
From Paphos, Paul and his companions
set sail and arrived at Perga in Pamphylia.
But John left them and returned to Jerusalem.
They continued on from Perga and reached Antioch in Pisidia.
On the sabbath they entered into the synagogue and took their seats.
After the reading of the law and the prophets,
the synagogue officials sent word to them,
“My brothers, if one of you has a word of exhortation
for the people, please speak.”
So Paul got up, motioned with his hand, and said,
“Fellow children of Israel and you others who are God-fearing, listen.
The God of this people Israel chose our ancestors
and exalted the people during their sojourn in the land of Egypt.
With uplifted arm he led them out,
and for about forty years he put up with them in the desert.
When he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan,
he gave them their land as an inheritance
at the end of about four hundred and fifty years.
After these things he provided judges up to Samuel the prophet.
Then they asked for a king.
God gave them Saul, son of Kish,
a man from the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.
Then he removed him and raised up David as their king;
of him he testified,
I have found David, son of Jesse, a man after my own heart;
he will carry out my every wish.
From this man’s descendants God, according to his promise,
has brought to Israel a savior, Jesus.
John heralded his coming by proclaiming a baptism of repentance
to all the people of Israel;
and as John was completing his course, he would say,
‘What do you suppose that I am? I am not he.
Behold, one is coming after me;
I am not worthy to unfasten the sandals of his feet.’"
From the Gospel according to John
13:16-20
When Jesus had washed the disciples’ feet, he said to them:
“Amen, amen, I say to you, no slave is greater than his master
nor any messenger greater than the one who sent him.
If you understand this, blessed are you if you do it.
I am not speaking of all of you.
I know those whom I have chosen.
But so that the Scripture might be fulfilled,
The one who ate my food has raised his heel against me.
From now on I am telling you before it happens,
so that when it happens you may believe that I AM.
Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever receives the one I send
receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me.”
How can we understand if we truly have faith, that is, if our faith, while miniscule, is genuine, pure, sincere? Jesus explains this by indicating what the measure of faith is: service. (…) This attitude toward God is also reflected in the manner of behaviour in the community: it is reflected in the joy of being at the service of one another, finding one’s reward already therein, and not in the recognition and gains that may derive from it. (…). Unworthy servants, that is, without expecting to be thanked, without pretexts. “We are unworthy servants” is an expression of humility and willingness, which does much good for the Church and recalls the right attitude for working within her: humble service, of which Jesus gave the example, by washing the feet of the disciples. (Pope Francis, Angelus, 6 October 2019)
Read More![Supreme Court hears arguments on Trump’s effort to remove Haitian, Syrian migrants – #Catholic – The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a legal challenge to efforts from President Donald Trump’s administration to remove the temporary legal status of Haitian and Syrian migrants.Former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem terminated the temporary protected status (TPS) designation for migrants from Syria, Haiti, and other countries. If the court rules that her actions are lawful, the administration could order the removal of more than 350,000 Haitians and 6,000 Syrians.The Trump administration argued April 29 that the executive branch has broad discretion to terminate TPS for any country. The challengers, representing the migrants, argued Noem failed to follow the proper procedure and accused officials of unlawfully using racist beliefs about migrants to make their determinations.The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has urged the administration to extend TPS status for both countries.Migrants’ lawyers challenge TrumpAhilan Arulanantham, who argued on behalf of the Syrians, recognized that the administration has “broad” discretion in determining TPS status but argued that Noem failed to follow proper procedure in her decision-making.Even though he said Noem can make the final decision to terminate TPS, he noted that the law requires Noem to consult with relevant agencies before deciding. He argued that Noem did not adequately consult with agencies prior to making the decision.“We cannot challenge on the ground that she’s wrong,” Arulanantham acknowledged, ”… [but] what is reviewable is whether she actually asks anything and gets any information about country conditions.”He said that one basis for Syria’s TPS designation was armed conflict, “but the secretary never consulted the State Department about the armed conflict.” Rather, he argued, “she terminated based on the national interest.”“We don’t argue about the levels; we don’t argue about the amount,” Arulanantham said. “All we say is [there] has to be deliberation about a subject. They have to talk about country conditions.”Justices questioned those arguments, with Justice Amy Coney Barrett pressing Arulanantham, asking him whether Noem could have consulted with the State Department on those subjects, and terminated the status, even if there was strong evidence in favor of extending it.Arulanantham said she could have, which led Barrett to assert the procedure appears to simply be a “box-checking exercise.”Justice Samuel Alito argued that if the administration has broad discretion in the “determination” of whether TPS status is extended: “If we apply the ordinary meaning of that term here, I really don’t understand how you can prevail.”Justice Elena Kagan appeared sympathetic to the claim that the court could review whether the administration followed procedures but that scrutinizing whether Noem consulted with agencies about proper or improper subjects “seems harder to me than the procedural argument.”Geoffrey Pipoly, who represented the Haitians, argued Noem’s review of the termination for his clients “was a sham,” saying the decision was “a preordained result driven by the president’s resolve to end TPS for Haiti no matter what.”He accused the president of “racial animus toward non-white immigrants and bare dislike of Haitians in particular,” citing Trump’s remark that Haiti is an “[expletive]-hole country” and his assertion that migrants were “eating the dogs and eating the cats.”Kagan questioned the argument, noting the Trump administration broadly scaled immigration back, stating: “I don’t quite see how that operates when all of these programs went.”Alito pressed Pipoly on what constitutes “white” and “non-white,” and said: “You have a really broad definition of who’s white and who’s not white. As I said, I don’t like dividing people of the world into these groups.”Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson defended the argument, noting that only predominantly non-white countries have TPS status.‘Broad discretion’U.S. Solicitor General D. John Sauer argued that the law does not permit judicial review of Noem’s decision to terminate TPS, arguing that Noem had “broad discretion” over how she considered whether to extend the status for those countries.“Any determination — with respect to designation, extension, or termination — is not subject to judicial review,” Sauer told the justices.Sauer said the secretary can determine which agencies are appropriate to consult and could even determine there are no proper agencies to consult. He accused the other side of simply claiming her consultation “wasn’t quite enough.”“Seeking input is consultation, seeking advice from someone knowledgeable is a form of consultation,” he said, arguing the secretary has broad discretion to decide what constitutes consultation.Sauer said these decisions are “traditionally entrusted to the political branches” and accused the district courts that halted TPS terminations of “appointing themselves junior varsity secretaries of state.”He also rejected the allegations of racism, saying “not a single one of [Trump’s comments] mentions race or relates to race.” He said they always refer to “crime, poverty, welfare dependency, drugs, [and] drug importation,” among other issues.Kagan challenged the suggestion there could be no judicial review at all, noting that Congress enacted a statute that requires consultation and “it set forth procedural steps that have to be followed.”“The Constitution … [says] due process applies to any alien who lives in the United States,” she said. “It applies to all people living here. … They’re entitled to due process. Now Congress has given them a process. It may not be a court process, but that’s OK. It’s a process and you’re saying … it’s unreviewable whether the president has followed that process.”Andrew Arthur, a resident fellow in law and policy at the Center for Immigration Studies and a former immigration judge, told “EWTN News Nightly” that terminating the status would not remove every person who entered through TPS if the administration succeeds in court because some people have other forms of lawful status, such as a student visa.“If they are here and they are not in lawful status and they donʼt have removal orders, [the Department of Homeland Security] is then going to have to take them all and put them into removal proceedings, get a removal order, and then remove them from the United States,” he said.](https://unitedyam.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/supreme-court-hears-arguments-on-trumps-effort-to-remove-haitian-syrian-migrants-catholic-the-u-s-supreme-court-heard-oral-arguments-in-a-legal-challenge-to-efforts-from-president-dona.jpg "Supreme Court hears arguments on Trump’s effort to remove Haitian, Syrian migrants – #Catholic – The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a legal challenge to efforts from President Donald Trump’s administration to remove the temporary legal status of Haitian and Syrian migrants.Former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem terminated the temporary protected status (TPS) designation for migrants from Syria, Haiti, and other countries. If the court rules that her actions are lawful, the administration could order the removal of more than 350,000 Haitians and 6,000 Syrians.The Trump administration argued April 29 that the executive branch has broad discretion to terminate TPS for any country. The challengers, representing the migrants, argued Noem failed to follow the proper procedure and accused officials of unlawfully using racist beliefs about migrants to make their determinations.The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has urged the administration to extend TPS status for both countries.Migrants’ lawyers challenge TrumpAhilan Arulanantham, who argued on behalf of the Syrians, recognized that the administration has “broad” discretion in determining TPS status but argued that Noem failed to follow proper procedure in her decision-making.Even though he said Noem can make the final decision to terminate TPS, he noted that the law requires Noem to consult with relevant agencies before deciding. He argued that Noem did not adequately consult with agencies prior to making the decision.“We cannot challenge on the ground that she’s wrong,” Arulanantham acknowledged, ”… [but] what is reviewable is whether she actually asks anything and gets any information about country conditions.”He said that one basis for Syria’s TPS designation was armed conflict, “but the secretary never consulted the State Department about the armed conflict.” Rather, he argued, “she terminated based on the national interest.”“We don’t argue about the levels; we don’t argue about the amount,” Arulanantham said. “All we say is [there] has to be deliberation about a subject. They have to talk about country conditions.”Justices questioned those arguments, with Justice Amy Coney Barrett pressing Arulanantham, asking him whether Noem could have consulted with the State Department on those subjects, and terminated the status, even if there was strong evidence in favor of extending it.Arulanantham said she could have, which led Barrett to assert the procedure appears to simply be a “box-checking exercise.”Justice Samuel Alito argued that if the administration has broad discretion in the “determination” of whether TPS status is extended: “If we apply the ordinary meaning of that term here, I really don’t understand how you can prevail.”Justice Elena Kagan appeared sympathetic to the claim that the court could review whether the administration followed procedures but that scrutinizing whether Noem consulted with agencies about proper or improper subjects “seems harder to me than the procedural argument.”Geoffrey Pipoly, who represented the Haitians, argued Noem’s review of the termination for his clients “was a sham,” saying the decision was “a preordained result driven by the president’s resolve to end TPS for Haiti no matter what.”He accused the president of “racial animus toward non-white immigrants and bare dislike of Haitians in particular,” citing Trump’s remark that Haiti is an “[expletive]-hole country” and his assertion that migrants were “eating the dogs and eating the cats.”Kagan questioned the argument, noting the Trump administration broadly scaled immigration back, stating: “I don’t quite see how that operates when all of these programs went.”Alito pressed Pipoly on what constitutes “white” and “non-white,” and said: “You have a really broad definition of who’s white and who’s not white. As I said, I don’t like dividing people of the world into these groups.”Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson defended the argument, noting that only predominantly non-white countries have TPS status.‘Broad discretion’U.S. Solicitor General D. John Sauer argued that the law does not permit judicial review of Noem’s decision to terminate TPS, arguing that Noem had “broad discretion” over how she considered whether to extend the status for those countries.“Any determination — with respect to designation, extension, or termination — is not subject to judicial review,” Sauer told the justices.Sauer said the secretary can determine which agencies are appropriate to consult and could even determine there are no proper agencies to consult. He accused the other side of simply claiming her consultation “wasn’t quite enough.”“Seeking input is consultation, seeking advice from someone knowledgeable is a form of consultation,” he said, arguing the secretary has broad discretion to decide what constitutes consultation.Sauer said these decisions are “traditionally entrusted to the political branches” and accused the district courts that halted TPS terminations of “appointing themselves junior varsity secretaries of state.”He also rejected the allegations of racism, saying “not a single one of [Trump’s comments] mentions race or relates to race.” He said they always refer to “crime, poverty, welfare dependency, drugs, [and] drug importation,” among other issues.Kagan challenged the suggestion there could be no judicial review at all, noting that Congress enacted a statute that requires consultation and “it set forth procedural steps that have to be followed.”“The Constitution … [says] due process applies to any alien who lives in the United States,” she said. “It applies to all people living here. … They’re entitled to due process. Now Congress has given them a process. It may not be a court process, but that’s OK. It’s a process and you’re saying … it’s unreviewable whether the president has followed that process.”Andrew Arthur, a resident fellow in law and policy at the Center for Immigration Studies and a former immigration judge, told “EWTN News Nightly” that terminating the status would not remove every person who entered through TPS if the administration succeeds in court because some people have other forms of lawful status, such as a student visa.“If they are here and they are not in lawful status and they donʼt have removal orders, [the Department of Homeland Security] is then going to have to take them all and put them into removal proceedings, get a removal order, and then remove them from the United States,” he said.")
The debate focused on whether the Trump administration followed the proper procedure and adhered to relevant laws.
The new board members said they are inspired by the university’s move toward building a stronger Catholic identity and the hope they see in young people.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services canceled an $11 million federal contract that served families and vulnerable children including unaccompanied minors.
U.S. bishops had told the court in an amicus brief that compelling disclosure of a religious organization’s financial support violates the constitutional guarantee of freedom of religion.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Trump presented King Charles with a beautiful new toothbrush as part of the monarch’s visit to the United States.
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![Bishop winds up first pitch at St Elizabeth’s game #Catholic - Play ball! From the pulpit to the pitcher’s mound, Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney threw the ceremonial first pitch for the Eagles of St. Elizabeth University in the Convent Station neighborhood of Morris Township, N.J., on April 24. The doubleheader baseball game was held at Vincent J. and Lenda F. Naimoli Ballpark in Morristown, N.J., against the Saints of Marymount University in Arlington, Va.
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Bishop winds up first pitch at St Elizabeth’s game #Catholic – 
Play ball! From the pulpit to the pitcher’s mound, Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney threw the ceremonial first pitch for the Eagles of St. Elizabeth University in the Convent Station neighborhood of Morris Township, N.J., on April 24. The doubleheader baseball game was held at Vincent J. and Lenda F. Naimoli Ballpark in Morristown, N.J., against the Saints of Marymount University in Arlington, Va.
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– Play ball! From the pulpit to the pitcher’s mound, Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney threw the ceremonial first pitch for the Eagles of St. Elizabeth University in the Convent Station neighborhood of Morris Township, N.J., on April 24. The doubleheader baseball game was held at Vincent J. and Lenda F. Naimoli Ballpark in Morristown, N.J., against the Saints of Marymount University in Arlington, Va. BEACON PHOTOS | JOE GIGLI Click here to subscribe to our weekly newsletter.
Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney’s Schedule: May, 2026 #Catholic – 
| 5/1 | Fri., 7 p.m. Confirmation – St. Peter the Apostle Parish, Parsippany. |
| 5/2 | Sat., 8 a.m. Mass for Life & Procession, – St. Margaret of Scotland, Morristown; 10 a.m. Guardian Mass – the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Paterson; 12:30 p.m. N.J. Catholic Mental Health Conference, Piscataway. |
| 5/3 | Sun., 9:30 a.m. Confirmation – St. Brendan and St. George Parish, Clifton; 2 p.m. Confirmation – St. Therese Parish, Succasunna. |
| 5/4 | Mon., 12 p.m. Mass – St. Joseph’s University Medical Center chapel, Paterson, for Nurses’ Week; 7 p.m. Confirmation – Holy Spirit Parish, Pequannock. |
| 5/5 | Tue., 10 a.m. Board of Bishops Meeting – the Diocese of Metuchen. |
| 5/6 | Wed., 7 p.m. “An Evening with Jay Wright” – St. Paul Inside the Walls, Madison. |
| 5/7 | Thu., 7 p.m. Confirmation – Our Lady Queen of Peace Parish, Hewitt. |
| 5/8 | Fri., 7 p.m. Confirmation – St. Anthony of Padua Parish, Butler. |
| 5/9 | Sat., 11 a.m. Confirmation – St. Luke Parish, Long Valley; 5 p.m. Confirmation – St. Michael Parish, Netcong. |
| 5/10 | Sun., 9 a.m. Installation Mass for Rev. Lukasz Wnuk – St. Virgil Parish, Morris Plains; 11:30 a.m. Confirmation – St. Christopher Parish, Parsippany. |
| 5/11 | Mon., 7 p.m. Confirmation – St. Joseph Parish, Mendham. |
| 5/12 | Tue., 10 a.m. May Crowning for elementary schools – the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Paterson; 7 p.m. Confirmation – St. Joseph Parish, Lincoln Park. |
| 5/13 | Wed., 1:15 p.m. Mass – Our Lady’s Blue Army, The National Blue Army Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima, Asbury, N.J. |
| 5/14 | Thu., The Ascension of the Lord, 6 p.m. Confirmation – St. Patrick Parish, Chatham; 8 p.m. Confirmation – St. Patrick Parish, Chatham. |
| 5/15 | Fri., 10 a.m. St. Elizabeth University Commencement, Morristown; 7 p.m. Confirmation – St. James of the Marches Parish, Totowa. |
| 5/16 | Sat., 10 a.m. Gathering with deacon candidates and their wives – St. Paul Inside the Walls, Madison; 1 p.m. Confirmation – St. Anthony of Padua Parish, Passaic; 5 p.m. Confirmation – St. Virgil Parish, Morris Plains. |
| 5/17 | Sun., 12 p.m. Confirmation – St. Mary Parish, Denville; 4 p.m. Mass for the closing of the school anniversary year – St. Gerard Majella Parish, Paterson. |
| 5/18 | Mon., 1 p.m. Presbyteral Council – Chancery, Clifton; 5:30 p.m. National Community of Catechetical Leaders (NCCL) Certificate in Catechetical Ministry and Religious Education Graduation Mass – Resurrection Parish, Randolph. |
| 5/19 | Tue., 7 p.m. Confirmation – St. Philip the Apostle Parish, Clifton. |
| 5/21 | Thu., 7 p.m. Diocesan Pastoral Council. |
| 5/22 | Fri., 7 p.m. Confirmation – St. Therese Parish, Paterson. |
| 5/23 | Sat., 12 p.m. Confirmation – Sacred Heart and Our Lady Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Parish, Dover; 5:30 p.m. Installation Mass for Rev. Stephen Prisk – St. Anthony Parish, Hawthorne. |
| 5/24 | Sun., Pentecost Sunday, 11 a.m. Confirmation – St. Paul Parish, Clifton; 1 p.m. Spanish Mass – St. Paul Parish, Clifton. |
| 5/25 | Mon., Memorial Day, 10:30 a.m. Memorial Day, Mass – Calvary Catholic Cemetery, Paterson. |
| 5/26 | Tue., 7 p.m. Confirmation – St. Vincent Martyr Parish, Madison. |
| 5/28 | Thu., 7 p.m. Confirmation – St. Vincent Martyr Parish, Madison. |
| 5/29 | Fri., 7 p.m. Confirmation – Notre Dame of Mount Carmel Parish, Cedar Knolls. |
| 5/30 | Sat., 10 a.m. Permanent Diaconate ordination – the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Paterson. 5 p.m. Confirmation – Our Lady of the Lake Parish, Mount Arlington. |
| 5/31 | Sun., 12:30 p.m. Confirmation – Holy Rosary Parish, Passaic; 3 p.m. First Communion gathering – Resurrection Parish, Randolph. |
– 5/1 Fri., 7 p.m. Confirmation – St. Peter the Apostle Parish, Parsippany. 5/2 Sat., 8 a.m. Mass for Life & Procession, – St. Margaret of Scotland, Morristown; 10 a.m. Guardian Mass – the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Paterson; 12:30 p.m. N.J. Catholic Mental Health Conference, Piscataway. 5/3 Sun., 9:30 a.m. Confirmation – St. Brendan and St. George Parish, Clifton; 2 p.m. Confirmation – St. Therese Parish, Succasunna. 5/4 Mon., 12 p.m. Mass – St. Joseph’s University Medical Center chapel, Paterson, for Nurses’ Week; 7 p.m. Confirmation – Holy Spirit Parish, Pequannock. 5/5 Tue., 10 a.m. Board of Bishops
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