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Archdiocese of Mobile Awarded $25 Million Over Termite Damage at Cathedral

Termite Tom
Workers inspect termite damage in the attic of the Cathedral-Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Mobile, Alabama, in an undated photo. |

An arbitration panel found that a termite company engaged in “fraudulent concealment” related to termite damage in archdiocesan properties.

EWTN News Explains: What Is the ‘Papal Almoner’?

Archbishop Luis Marín de San Martín
Archbishop Luis Marín de San Martín, papal almoner.

The papal almoner is a key position in the Vatican, one that has played a vital role in the Church and its charitable undertakings for centuries.

Supreme Court to Hear Case On Processing Asylum Seekers Turned Away at Border

Guillermo Arias
Central American migrants, mostly Hondurans, who trekked for over a month in the hopes of reaching the United States, remain outside a temporary shelter in Tijuana, Baja California State, Mexico, near the border with the U.S., on Nov. 30, 2018.

Reinstatement of the turnback policy would 'be a moral disaster, not just a legal error,' U.S. bishops said. The court is set to hear oral arguments March 24.