It's time to 'update our notion of what it means to seek asylum.'

At least two major newspapers’ editorial boards and a dozen members of Congress have joined the chorus calling for an end to jailing families whose immigration cases are pending as well as other reforms of immigrant detention.The editorial boards of The New York Times and The Seattle Times May

A scathing new report on the conditions under which immigrants are detained concludes with the U.S. bishops' recommendation that the current system be dismantled and replaced with less drastic approaches for keeping track of people whose immigration cases are pending.Drawing on international law

'The issue is not whether there should be same-sex marriage, but who should decide.'

Catholics asked to try to better understand the everyday issues faced by nonwhites.

As the Obama administration filed an emergency motion seeking to overturn a judge's order blocking programs to defer deportation for certain immigrants, a policy adviser for the U.S. bishops said there's little chance for comprehensive immigration reform through Congress.The Justice Departme

A U.S. bishop who recently visited with refugees in Iraq told a Senate subcommittee March 11 that a multi-pronged approach is needed to combat a wide range of humanitarian problems including religious persecution."Grim statistics are only part of the story," Bishop Oscar Cantu of Las Cruce

Over her 50 years in religious life, Sister Mary Ann Walsh's job titles have varied—teacher, reporter for a diocesan newspaper, Vatican correspondent and media editor at Catholic News Service, and spokeswoman for the U.S. bishops—but through it all the Sister of Mercy has been, down

Caritas Internationalis is going big-picture with its first global campaign, aiming to end hunger worldwide by 2025.In North St. Louis, Sylvester Brown Jr. starts quite literally from the ground up, tackling the problems of poverty in poor neighborhoods, teaching kids to grow sweet potatoes on vacan

The Supreme Court Jan. 20 ruled unanimously that the Arkansas prison system may not prohibit an inmate from growing a half-inch beard as a part of what he considers his religious obligation as a Muslim.The court also declined to hear another religious rights case involving the seal of confession.In