The Editors

Andrea Mercado is co-chair of “We Belong Together: Women for Common Sense Immigration Reform.” Their initiative, “100 Women 100 Miles” involves 100 women walking 100 miles, from a detention center in York County, PA to Washington, D.C.,  to shed light on immigration issues when Pope Francis meets with President Barack Obama. 

Dino Mujanović, country representative for Catholic Relief Services in Serbia, offers his perspective on Europe's accelerating refugee crisis. “At this moment there is a huge humanitarian failure,” he said. “Those numbers are increasing day by day, people are coming, desperate, exhausted, robbed on the way, seeking shelter in Western Europe.”

Joseph P. Parkes, S.J., talks about the national network of Cristo Rey schools, which provide college preparatory education to young people who live in urban communities with limited educational options.