Throughout his administration, President Donald Trump has vowed to curb both legal and illegal immigration to the United States.
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Puerto Rico’s bishops call for Governor Ricardo Rosselló to step down
The bishops said in a statement on July 19: “You, Mr. Governor, bribed and attacked people and groups that participate in our democratic coexistence and therefore cannot continue to exercise your role.”
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U.S. bishops condemn Trump’s newest asylum policy
“It is contrary to American and Christian values to attempt to prevent people from migrating here when they are fleeing to save their lives and to find safety for their families,” Cardinal DiNardo said.
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In Eritrea the cost of speaking up may be nation’s Catholic health care network
On June 12, Eritrean authorities closed all 22 of the nation’s church-run health care facilities.
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Donations pour in for ship captain arrested in Italy for bringing in rescued migrants
High-level support and almost three-quarters of a million dollars in donations poured in Sunday for the German captain of a migrant rescue ship who was arrested after she defied repeated orders to stay out of Italy and struck a police boat while bringing 40 people to port.
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‘A drink of water could save a life.’ What Catholic social teaching says about the No More Deaths trial
“You don’t have to regulate your borders with cruelty and inhumanity. There’s no need for that.”
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Catholic Charities weighing response to violent Midwest storms, flooding
Bishop W. Shawn McKnight of Jefferson City expressed gratitude that lives were spared and that all residents of the Missouri capital are accounted for following a devastating tornado.
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Catholic Church’s global charity group: We need new methods to combat climate change
Caritas Internationalis is increasingly being called to help with challenges provoked by climate change. “Our food production is at stake.”
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Aid workers struggle to reunite kids and families after Mozambique cyclones
Helping children who lost their parents when a pair of cyclones hit Mozambique is among the most difficult work in the aftermath, an aid worker said.
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Humanitarian leaders visit Central American nations facing cutoff of U.S. aid
A delegation that includes the head of Catholic Charities of the New York Archdiocese, union leaders, state officials and representatives of humanitarian aid agencies are visiting the three Central American nations that now face a cutoff of U.S. aid ordered by President Donald Trump.