Welcome to the May 27, 2020 edition of Just 3 Things, the weekly social action newsletter of the Office of Human Life & Dignity.
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Any day now, the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule on the fate of the Dreamers, young immigrants who came here as children without documents and were granted a temporary reprieve from deportation by the Department of Homeland Security beginning in 2012. California was one of several states that challenged the Trump Administration's 2017 decision to terminate the Deferred Action for Early Arrivals program, which was temporarily blocked by lower courts and appealed to the high court.
San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone and the U.S. bishops continue to strongly support a
DREAM Act, creating a legislative path to citizenship for the approximately 660,000 Dreamers--and if DACA is overturned, plan to again push strongly for Congress to act.
California places of worship may reopen at 25 percent capacity or 100 people, whichever is less, Gov. Gavin Newsom's administration announced in a directive Monday. However, Bay Area counties did not immediately adopt the changes and the faithful are awaiting news from the Archdiocese of San Francisco as church officials prepare for a return to public Masses. As public Mass begins again, one thing is certain--social distancing and special attention to disinfectants are here for a while.
Pope Francis will lead the major shrines around the world in praying the rosary to implore Mary’s intercession and protection amid the coronavirus pandemic on May 30, the eve of Pentecost. The pope will pray from the replica of the Lourdes Shrine in the Vatican Gardens. The rosary will begin at 8:30 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time, 5:30 p.m. Rome time.