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Debadrita Sur

Debadrita Sur

Debadrita Sur graduated with a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University, where she reported on housing and homelessness, and co-produced a short documentary on food insecurity in the South Bronx, New York. She has bylines in The Buffalo News, Mirror US, Daily Express US, The New York Times, and Far Out Magazine UK, where she has covered breaking news and enterprise stories on local, national and international topics. She is originally from Kolkata, India.

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Catholic opposition grows to Trump's big bill

The contrast reflected the sharp ideological division in the U.S. bishops conference over prioritizing opposition to abortion versus highlighting severe cuts to safety net programs included in the president’s plan. 

Demonstrators on wheelchairs protest outside the office of Sen. Bill Cassidy, Republican of Louisiana, regarding the proposed cuts to Medicaid, on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 11, 2025. (AP/Jose Luis Magana)

One Big Beautiful Bill 'takes from the poor to give to the wealthy,' USCCB says

The bishops urged lawmakers to reconsider "provisions that will harm the poor and disadvantaged, as well as our immigrant brothers and sisters."

The badge of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement official is seen in this illustration photo. (OSV News/Reuters/Lucy Nicholson)

ICE agents detain migrants on church grounds at 2 California parishes, diocese says

Federal agents have detained migrants on Catholic Church property at two parishes in the San Bernardino Diocese. "Authorities are now seizing brothers and sisters indiscriminately," Bishop Alberto Rojas said.

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