When a Greek priest suggested that if Greece found a home for all the migrants and refugees in its camps, Turkey would just let more come over, Cardinal Konrad Krajewski balked.
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Guatemalan teen’s death raises new questions about U.S. care of migrants
The U.S. government refuses to offer an account for the death of 16-year-old migrant Juan de León Gutiérrez, who became the third Guatemalan child to die while under U.S. custody since December 2018.
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On anniversary of immigration raid, Iowans join in solidarity, prayer
One year ago, the lives of 32 families in this southeast Iowa town of 8,700 people were upended by an immigration raid that resulted in the arrest of 32 men at the concrete plant where they worked.
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Conference challenges negative stereotypes surrounding Pharisees
When Pope Francis wants to warn Christians against falling into the trap of rigidity and putting too much emphasis on adherence to the law above the merciful encounter with God, he often turns to the example of the Pharisees.
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Sri Lankan church schools to reopen after Easter bombings
Sri Lankan Catholic officials said Thursday that church-run schools that have been closed since Easter Sunday bombings are expected to reopen next week, and Sunday Masses will resume this weekend if security conditions are appropriate.
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Catholic officials call for prayer, action after Colorado shooting
Catholic leaders are calling for prayer and action in response to the May 7 school shooting inside a charter school near Denver. One teenager died and eight other students were wounded.
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Swept up in Muslim genocide crisis, Hindu Rohingyas are stuck in Bangladesh
As talks restart this month about repatriating Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh back to Myanmar, neither country’s government has an answer for the fate of Hindu Rohingyas still stuck in Bangladesh.
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Catholic minorities can still change the world, Pope Francis says
Visiting the small Catholic communities in Bulgaria and North Macedonia offered an opportunity to encourage the faithful to remember God’s miracle of being able to feed a multitude with just a few loaves and fishes, Pope Francis said.
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Venezuela’s indigenous migrants face some of the greatest hardships
According to Catholic relief agencies, indigenous families, such as the Warao, have been forced to flee to Venezuala from Brazil, because of environmental and economic hardships.
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Asia Bibi, Catholic woman acquitted of blasphemy, leaves Pakistan
Aasia Bibi, the Pakistani woman who was convicted of blasphemy in 2009 for being a Christian and put on death row and whose conviction was subsequently overturned, has left the country to be reunited with her daughters in Canada.