Pope Leo XIV has inherited a migration crisis of historic proportions. As the leader of the universal church, he stands as one of the few global leaders able and willing to speak out in defense of the migrant.
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How writing about migrant farmworkers in the U.S. changed this Irish farmer’s faith
I didn’t travel to the United States to find God. I went to write about farm workers. But in the orchards and onion fields, and in a quiet church where I wept for all the injustices I had seen—God found me.
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Pope Leo weighs in on controversy over Cardinal Cupich giving Sen. Durbin immigration award
“They are very complex issues,” Pope Leo said, and “I don’t know if anyone has all the truth on them.”
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Chicago archdiocese’s plan to award Senator Durbin for immigration work meets pushback over abortion
Bishop Thomas J. Paprocki of Springfield, Ill., in whose diocese Senator Dick Durbin resides, said he was “shocked” by the announcement due to Durbin’s public position on abortion.
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Amid Chicago ICE raids, a people’s Mass is an example of ‘political holiness’
Several hundred Catholics and people of faith gathered on Sept. 13 to celebrate a people’s Mass, or Misa popular, outside the gates of the Great Lakes Naval Station in the city of North Chicago.
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New mural in St. Patrick’s Cathedral celebrates New York’s immigrant history
The largest permanent artwork commissioned in the 146-year history of “America’s Parish Church,” the painting depicts the apparition at Knock in Ireland, along with New York saints, servants of God, immigrants and first responders.
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The ICE raid on a Hyundai plant shows how hard it would be to quit globalization
An ICE raid will delay the construction of a plant in Georgia that could provide Americans with high-paying jobs.
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Trump should listen to Kim Kardashian (again) on immigration
Some may reasonably ask why the president should take policy advice from a reality TV personality. But Ms. Kardashian has successfully lobbied the White House before.
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Why San Diego’s Catholic leaders are standing with migrants in court—against impossible odds
Some 50 people of faith, including the three Catholic bishops of San Diego, have signed up to stand with our immigrant brothers and sisters.
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia faces deportation to Uganda after surrendering to ICE
“Deporting him to Uganda far away from his family reveals the cruelty embedded in this administration’s immigration policies,” J. Kevin Appleby, senior fellow for policy at the Center for Migration Studies in New York.