A group of more than 4,000 religious sisters and clergy, including priests, brothers and deacons, sent a letter to every U.S. senator, member of Congress and President Donald Trump.
Immigration
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Charlotte diocese continues to receive refugees while travel ban is blocked by courts
Since the Trump administration’s initial travel ban was announced on Jan. 27, Catholic Charities Diocese of Charlotte has resettled a total of 45 people.
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‘Common security’ must trump ‘national security,’ Cardinal says
A more Christian, as well as more effective, approach to the global migration crisis would be to move from a concern about “national security” to a concern for “common security,” said Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle.
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Vatican welcomes three new Syrian refugee families
The Vatican welcomed the refugee families after an appeal made by Pope Francis on every parish, religious community, monastery and shrine in Europe to take in a family of refugees.
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North Korean refugees will be “tortured, sent to camps and killed” if they return, French priest says
Conditions have worsened for surviving Christians under the dictatorship of Kim Jong Un, said a priest working with North Korean refugees in China.
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The quiet radicalism of accompanying undocumented immigrants
On this week’s podcast Kerry Weber and Matt Malone, S.J., take on the continued challenge of integrating faith and action. Eric Sundrup, S.J., joins the conversation. Sister Laetitia Bordes of the Society of Helpers, who was featured in Kaya Oakes’ recent article on the Jesuit parish of St. Agnes in San Francisco, Calif., spoke to […]
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Bad neighbor policy? Mexico’s President Peña Nieto struggles to respond to Trump administration
The education plan for deportees represents one of the first attempts by the Mexican government to pushback against the policies of the new occupant of the White House.
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Working on Trump’s wall is ‘treason’ and ‘immoral,’ Archdiocese of Mexico says
Mexican companies expressing interest in working on a border wall in the United States are betraying their country, said The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mexico.
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This refugee settled by Catholic Charities is choosing family over fear
“I have no idea about anything that’s going on in the world,” she said, because she is busy helping her nine children acclimate to life in the U.S.
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What the U.S. bishops are urging all Catholics to do to accompany migrants and refugees
The reflection was issued “in solidarity with those who have been forced to flee their homes due to violence, conflict or fear in their native lands.”