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In All Things
Traditional Christian concern for foreigners on the move -- Every migrant enjoys inalienable fundamental rights which must be respected in all cases says the key Vatican document -- is heightened at Christmas when minds turn to a displaced family 2 000 years ago that was also in search of shelte
Signs Of the Times
"The U.S. is not becoming less Catholic because the Roman Catholic Church is becoming more Hispanic," said Allan Figueroa Deck, S.J., at a Fordham University forum on "Being Latino."
Signs Of the Times
U.S. bishops plan to launch a postcard campaign in 2010 to urge Congress to make comprehensive immigration reform its next priority.
Signs Of the Times
The growing number of people in U.S. detention centers has made the issue of access even more urgent.
Signs Of the Times
" Detained Migrants Deserve Spiritual Care Migrants and refugees in prisons and detention centers have the same right to spiritual assistance as any other person, a U.S. bishop told a Vatican meeting. Bishop John C. Wester of Salt Lake City, chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Migration
In All Things
Schadenfreude taking delight in the misery of others is a sin a grievous sin indeed one of the most grievous sins because it denies that essential sympathy with the human condition that is so obvious on virtually every page of the Gospels But in the realm of politics filled as it is with out-
In All Things
Last weekend I took part in a debate at the wonderful Battle of Ideas Festival in London a weekend of intellectual jousting where the hot-button issues of the day are gnawed over by panels of divergent experts and sharp-shooting audiences I ve been on panels in previous years on immigration and re
In All Things
nbsp Woodstock Theological Center in our nation rsquo s capital sponsored a November 3 forum titled ldquo Honoring Human Dignity and the Common Good A Catholic Approach to Immigration Reform rdquo The impressive panel of speakers included Theodore Cardinal McCarrick Octavio Gonzalez of Stanfo
In All Things
Tonight rsquo s election results may not contain any tea leaves for the future Off-year elections tend to favor the party that is out of power so it should be a good not for Republicans But it might also be the night the GOP drawing the wrong lessons heads over the cliff Only two governorships