Critics and supporters of the Vatican’s latest document on gender and sexuality may find little common ground on the issue, but they can agree on this: The church needs to further a dialogue about transgender individuals.
J.D. Long García
J.D. Long García is a senior editor at America and co-author of Clericalism: The Institutional Dimension of the Catholic Sexual Abuse Crisis.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
House passes legislation for Dreamers, T.P.S. holders
The U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on legislation that would create a pathway to citizenship for Dreamers and recipients of Temporary Protected Status this week.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
How a Catholic Charities shelter on the Texas border is coping with the influx of asylum seekers
Federal officials are releasing thousands of asylum seekers in Texas. A Catholic Charities facility is taking up the challenge of providing temporary food and shelter after grueling journeys.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Catholic leaders: Trump’s merit-based immigration plan is ‘anti-family’ and ‘disturbing’
President Donald Trump announced new priorities for immigration reform from the White House Rose Garden on Thursday, underscoring the need for border security, limiting asylum cases and merit-based immigration over family-based immigration.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Father Greg Boyle’s solution to an unjust criminal justice system: radical kinship
“For Jesus, it wasn’t about taking the right stand on issues. It was about standing in the right place.”
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Humanitarians at the border are frustrated with the Trump administration’s “fear mongering”
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is facing an “unprecedented humanitarian and border security crisis,” according to officials.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
What do DACA recipients think of the latest version of the Dream Act?
“We are all humans and we deserve a chance to thrive. We’re not asking for things to be given to us. We’re asking for an opportunity to work hard.”
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy fails to address the root causes of migration
U.S. and Mexican bishops urged “the administration to reverse this policy, which needlessly increases the suffering of the most vulnerable and violates international protocols.”
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Court rules asylum seekers who fail ‘credible fear’ test have a right to appeal
“The historical and practical importance of this ruling cannot be overstated,” according to the deputy director of the A.C.L.U.’s Immigrants’ Rights Project.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Asylum seekers find a temporary home in the ‘Casa Alitas’ monastery
Catholic Community Services of Southern Arizona moved the Casa Alitas shelter for asylum seekers to the monastery in January. Their previous location in Tucson was not big enough to accommodate the influx of asylum seekers.