Demographic shifts may put consensus out of reach.

Less than a week after he was installed in his new position, Chicago Archbishop Blase J. Cupich had a brief private meeting with President Barack Obama when the president visited the city to promote his executive actions on immigration.In an interview aired on CBS's "Face the Nation" N

President Obama’s plan to essentially freeze most deportations of people without documentation in the United States would protect as many as 4.4 million people and their families. “Mass amnesty would be unfair,” the president said in a televised speech to the nation on Nov. 20. &ld

'Loneliness' one of the most common diseases in Europe today

It will be several months, at least, before anyone can apply to take advantage of immigration policy changes announced by President Barack Obama Nov. 20.Some aspects will go through the federal rule-making process, which requires a formal advertising and comment period that could take a year or more

Stoking fear of newcomers on the day of the Pilgrims

Catholic Migration Services prepares for spike in assistance needs.

Leaders seek to address underlying conditions that led to recent waves of migration.

The president 39 s proposals on immigration are sure to draw critics who will argue that the Obama administration goes too far But Bill O rsquo Keefe nbsp Vice President of Advocacy and Government Relations for Catholic Relief Services only wishes the administration would go a little further on

President Obama rsquo s plan to essentially freeze most deportations for people who are resident and working in the United States would protect as many as 4 4 million people and their families Nearly two million others are already shielded from deportation by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arriv