Students gather outside the schools before the first day of class, ready to learn new skills or improve their language skills, both of which can be invaluable for making a living in refugee camps.
Politics & Society
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Who will Trump pick to be his ambassador to the Vatican?
Who will go to Rome? Mr. Trump has bucked conventional wisdom in several of his more high-profile appointments thus far.
Posted inFeatures, Politics & Society
Beyond the Wall: Stories from the other side of the immigration crisis
President Donald Trump’s journey to the White House began with a simple promise: “I will build a great, great wall.”
Posted inPolitics & Society, Signs Of the Times
U.S. bishops support legislative bridge for ‘Dreamers’
Under current law many so-called Dreamers are technically subject to deportation to home countries.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Signs Of the Times
2016 Surge in Chicago Gun Violence
Chicago experienced a level of gun violence unseen in nearly two decades in 2016.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Signs Of the Times
Gas Hike Fuels Disorder Around Mexico
Social unrest swept across Mexico in early January as protests over a hike in gasoline prices escalated into acts of looting, riots and blockades of highways.
Posted inPodcasts, Politics & Society
A World of People on the Move Reviewed for National Migration Week
As National Migration Week concludes, Jill Marie Gerschutz-Bell, a senior policy and legislative specialist for Catholic Relief Services, discusses the conflicts and crises that are forcing people from their communities in the Middle East, Africa and Central America.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Signs Of the Times
Catholics have peak clout in the new U.S. Congress
The pro-life movement may be one of the biggest beneficiaries as the Republicans take control of both the White House and Congress.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Pope Francis offers message of hope to migrants living in the United States
Archbishop José Gomez of Los Angeles called the video “a beautiful message…and I think that is what we need right now, more hope for the future.”
Posted inIn All Things, Politics & Society
I am not celebrating Trump’s inauguration. But I won’t be hostile either.
For the next four years, I will be ready to protest and work against injustice. But only with peaceful nonviolence.