It is Christ whom we turn away when we build walls.

Cardinal Dolan: "We come together this sacred evening in a church we claim as a sanctuary...to reclaim the belief that a mother's womb is the primal sanctuary, where a helpless, innocent, fragile, tiny baby must be safe, secure, nurtured and protected."

Cardinal Tobin: "Closing borders and building walls are not rational acts.... Mass detentions and wholesale deportation benefit no one; such inhuman policies destroy families and communities."

"Allowing the plunder and destruction of God's wondrous creation to support the greed of a few is morally, spiritually and ethically wrong."

Elites are defined less by the position they hold than by their pretense to dictate reality.

We more likely face destabilizing, constitutional confusion, than brute authoritarianism.

"We can protect our citizens and, at the same time, we can welcome newcomers," said Dominican Sister Donna Markham.

"Any migrant that arrives at the Mexican-U.S. border will be required to hire the services of organized crime," Sister Leticia said.

"We will continue to support and stand in solidarity with immigrant families."