Sister Norma Pimentel has devoted years to protecting life at the border as migrant flows rise and fall. Growing anxiety over the lifting of Title 42 controls at the border has been a recent distraction from her ministry.
Kevin Clarke
Kevin Clarke is America’s chief correspondent and the author of Oscar Romero: Love Must Win Out (Liturgical Press).
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If you struggle with faith, you’re not alone. The struggle is as old as the church itself.
A Reflection for the Feast of Saints Philip and James, Apostles, by Kevin Clarke
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Onboard the first journey of a Staten Island ferry named for Dorothy Day
“She would be happy about having a ferry named after her,” said Robert Steed, a former Catholic Worker and editor of The Catholic Worker newspaper, adding, “maybe even more so than being canonized.”
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If Obama-era DACA falls before a federal court challenge, what will happen to Dreamers?
A ruling against the DACA program could mean that after years of personal and civic struggle, Dreamers would once again face the possibility of deportation.
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Report from Honduras: How migration hurts the families and faith communities left behind
Subsistence farmers affected by drought will have to make it to the United States to feed their families and save their farms or cattle. Their departure leaves a gaping hole in families and the community.
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We are all on a road to Emmaus
A reflection for Wednesday in the Octave of Easter, by Kevin Clarke
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How many more migrants have to die for the U.S. to fix its immigration system?
On March 27, 40 men died in a fire in a migrant detention center in Ciudad Juárez. The appalling loss of life has many more authors than the people likely to be punished for it.
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Report from Honduras: Protest over suspected murder stops traffic in femicide capital of Latin America
The protest was organized by women’s advocates and the family, friends and neighbors of Ana Lizeth Hernández, a 33-year-old woman who died of a gunshot wound to the head in her home on March 19.
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Report from Honduras: Catholic agencies work to fight climate change and a hunger crisis
In Honduras, persistent drought can devastate crops and unexpected rains can flood fields and produce landslides.
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Fellow Catholics: What unites us is much more important than what divides us
A Reflection for Thursday of the Third Week of Lent, by Kevin Clarke