The Archdiocese of Miami celebrated the first Mass for detainees at “Alligator Alcatraz,” the Trump administration’s controversial immigrant detention center in the Florida Everglades.
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Faith leaders hope bill will stop the loss of thousands of foreign-born clergy serving US communities
“Unless there is a change to current practice, our community is slowly being strangled,” said the Rev. Aaron Wessman, vicar general and director of formation for the Glenmary Home Missioners, a small Catholic order ministering in rural America.
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Archbishop Gomez and LA business leaders start fund to help families affected by ICE raids
Los Angeles Archbishop José H. Gomez was one of several community leaders who joined to open the Family Assistance Program, aiding those affected by recent ICE raids.
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Pope Leo: Catholic migrants are ‘a true divine blessing’ to the churches that receive them
On Friday, Pope Leo XIV issued a statement on the theme “Migrants, missionaries of hope.”
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Archbishop Pérez, son of migrants, tells migrants: ‘You are not alone’
The archbishop assured migrants in a pastoral letter that “the Church is a community of faith, and the divine person of Christ, who was forced to flee his homeland as a child, holds you in his compassionate arms.”
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Archbishop Wenski leads ‘Knights on Bikes’ to pray rosary at Alligator Alcatraz
Archbishop Wenski of Miami and some 25 Knights of Columbus saddled up their motorcycles to pray a rosary at the entrance of Alligator Alcatraz, the migrant detention center recently opened in the Florida Everglades.
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‘Our people are living in fear’: U.S. bishops stand up for migrants amid Trump crackdown
The U.S. church will have to contend with “deportation on steroids“ as the Trump administration adds vast new capacity to Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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What we saw during an ICE arrest and immigration court hearing: the breakdown of justice in America
What is happening to migrants in courtrooms across the country is a complete embarrassment to the justice system and an affront to human dignity.
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California diocese suspends Mass obligation for those with ‘genuine fear’ of ICE raids
Amid concern over immigration enforcement raids in the area, the bishop of San Bernardino, California, on July 8 issued a dispensation from the obligation to attend Sunday Mass for the faithful if they fear for their well-being.
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Catholics say Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ would hurt immigrant families—and the church
Catholics react to President Trump’s “One Big, Beautiful Bill.”