On immigration enforcement: “If there is any institution in this country that can stop what is happening, it is the Catholic Church.”
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Catholic delegation visits Holy Land after U.S. bishops call for a special collection for Gaza
The CNEWA visit was prompted by a letter on Aug. 12 from Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, the president of the U.S.C.C.B., calling for parishes across the country to hold a “special collection to provide humanitarian relief and pastoral support for our affected brothers and sisters in Gaza and surrounding areas in the Middle East.”
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U.S. bishops call for ‘conversion’ on immigration
“Deportation is not an immigration policy,” Archbishop José Gomez said at a Georgetown roundtable on Sept. 11 featuring four bishops.
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Migration and Irish identity—in the era of Trump deportations
Just about no one in Ireland would say that Irish citizens living in the U.S. are being treated as badly as immigrant residents from Latin America or Africa. But consternation is on the rise about escalating deportations.
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Catholic leaders in Honduras press for peace ahead of November’s presidential vote
Hondurans believe the upcoming election offers an opportunity to restore public confidence in democracy and dodge the return of authoritarianism.
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America Media begins new initiatives with $5 million Lilly Endowment grant
Kerry Weber: “The Lilly grant is going to give us the opportunity to tell our stories in a more in-depth way and tell new stories that we may not have had the resources to tell otherwise.”
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Jesuit human rights center warn of growing state surveillance in Mexico
Fears of state espionage are surfacing again for Centro Prodh and other human rights groups in Mexico after legislators overhauled a suite of laws in security, military, telecommunications and intelligence matters.
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Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ will mean more hunger for low-income families
“Deep cuts” to SNAP and Medicaid will “inflict real suffering on these families…. SNAP and Medicaid are not luxuries, they are lifelines for millions of children across our country.”
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A small town in Honduras stands up to a mining ‘giant’—with Catholic support
“We are alive only through the grace of God. At one point, I got messages saying someone had offered 1 million lempiras [$38,000] to have me killed.”
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‘It felt like a kidnapping’: Catholics respond to the immigration raids in LA
“It literally felt like kidnapping. I saw three of those ‘kidnappings’ happen in the span of 20 minutes.” That is how Angel Mortel described detainments she witnessed outside of a Los Angeles courtroom.