The leader of the anti-immigrant Northern League, Matteo Salvini, called the pastor’s actions an act of madness.
Immigration
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Trump’s deportation claims spark action in farmers from California
The state produces nearly half the country's fruits, vegetables and nuts valued of $47 billion annually.
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Five Stories You May Have Missed in 2016
Here are a few pieces America editors wish had made it on to those top-ten lists but didn’t:
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U.S. Bishops urge legislation to protect ‘Dreamers’ from deportation
Bishop Vásquez points out that there are more than 740,000 young people who have received and benefitted from DACA.
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‘Creating a Culture of Encounter’ is the theme for National Migration Week
“The week serves as both a time for prayer and action to highlight the contributions of immigrants and vulnerable populations coming to the United States.”
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Refugee Office
Moving quickly to strengthen the Section for Refugees and Migrants in the new Vatican department for the Promotion of Integral Human Development, Pope Francis has appointed as under secretaries a Canadian Jesuit, Michael Czerny, and an Italian member of the Scalabrini Fathers, Fabio Baggio. The Vati
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Who’s afraid of Donald Trump? In Mexico, a lot of people
“For Mexicans, [a Trump administration] will mean a constant fear of worsening economic and political conditions.”
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Pope Francis: Baby Jesus is a reminder of migrants
The nativity seen should remind us of the marginalized, the pope said.
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A pledge to protect ‘Dreamers’
Presidents of 27 Jesuit colleges and universities pledged themselves to “protect to the fullest extent of the law undocumented students on our campuses” and to “promote retention of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program” in a statement released on Nov. 30. The pr
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Iraq Devastation
The Syriac Catholic Patriarch Ignace Joseph III Younan said he was horrified to see widespread devastation and what he called “ghost towns” during a recent visit to northern Iraq. He said by email that there was little left in some of the communities that he toured on Nov. 27-29 and that