Refugee advocacy organizations have urged continued support for federal programs such as the U.S. Refugee Admissions Programs as necessary for assisting vulnerable people seeking a better way of life.
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El Paso bishop testifies on immigration as president seeks to change asylum
President Donald Trump ordered changes for how refugees may apply for asylum to the U.S., requesting an application fee from asylum-seekers and denying them permission to work depending on how the applicant entered the country.
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In battle for Amazon, church officials unite with indigenous communities
“Now, there’s been a change, a conversion to try to learn from indigenous communities about how to live in harmony with others and with a transcendent being. It’s important for us to learn from those who have lived there.”
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Women in Amazon take more prominent role in environmental protection
Indigenous women of the Amazon region of Ecuador are taking on an increasingly prominent role in advocating for the environment, and the Church is taking notice.
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Father Gustavo Gutierrez supports declaring St. Romero ‘doctor of the church’
One of the founders of liberation theology in Latin America said he supports an effort to declare St. Oscar Romero a doctor of the Catholic Church.
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The U.S. is in a sobering mood after news of McCarrick’s laicization
Leaders of the Catholic Church in the United States react to the laicization of former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick and reflect on what it means for the Church as it tries to confront the abuse crisis.
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Border city to close Catholic Charities center run by Sister Norma Pimentel
A group of city commissioners voted to remove from a building a popular Catholic-administered center run by Sister Norma Pimentel.
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New Jersey dioceses publish list of priests—including McCarrick— ‘credibly accused’ of abuse
Dioceses in the state of New Jersey made public Feb. 13 the names of priests whom they said had been “credibly accused” of sexual abuse of minors, and one of the names is former U.S. Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick.
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Judge allows survey of church property for border wall construction
Mary McCord, lead counsel for the Diocese of Brownsville, said there’s no reason to believe that the area where federal officials want to build the wall near the chapel is of particular importance or shows heightened activity that would make it crucial to U.S. security.
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A new ‘season’ in the church calls for a pastoral conversion of bishops
The bishop said he believed that the current revelations are being used by the Holy Spirit to open the church “to a fuller understanding of ecclesiology that began over a half century ago.”