To be Christian is to be open and welcoming to others, Pope Francis said as he celebrated Mass outside Hungary’s Parliament building.
Immigration
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If Obama-era DACA falls before a federal court challenge, what will happen to Dreamers?
A ruling against the DACA program could mean that after years of personal and civic struggle, Dreamers would once again face the possibility of deportation.
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Pope Francis praises Hungary’s protection of traditional values—and pushes the country to welcome migrants
Mentioning some areas of common ground with Victor Orbán’s government, Pope Francis described as “ideological colonization” efforts to promote acceptance across Europe of “so-called gender theory.”
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Report from Honduras: How migration hurts the families and faith communities left behind
Subsistence farmers affected by drought will have to make it to the United States to feed their families and save their farms or cattle. Their departure leaves a gaping hole in families and the community.
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How many more migrants have to die for the U.S. to fix its immigration system?
On March 27, 40 men died in a fire in a migrant detention center in Ciudad Juárez. The appalling loss of life has many more authors than the people likely to be punished for it.
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Joe Biden’s immigration policy shift is against Catholic teaching
President Biden said the right things during the 2020 campaign, but his immigration policy is beginning to resemble that of Donald Trump.
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Bishop Seitz on Biden’s new asylum policy: Death cannot be the cost of our immigration laws
President Biden’s immigration policy and asylum rules are morally deficient, as vulnerable migrants are dying on their way to the United States from their home countries.
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Want to understand Pope Francis on immigration? Look to his Ignatian spirituality.
Pope Francis sees the embrace of migrants as a new ‘frontier’ for mission, a privileged opportunity to proclaim Jesus Christ and the Gospel message, in accordance with his Ignatian worldview.
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Inside President Biden’s car ride along the border with Bishop Seitz
Two days before the president’s arrival in El Paso, Bishop Seitz had released a statement on behalf of the U.S. bishops critical of the Biden administration’s recently announced immigration plans.
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Biden, Benedict and immigration: How U.S. border policy violates Catholic teaching
While some like to talk about Benedict being “conservative” and Francis “liberal,” they both have strongly upheld Catholic teaching on migration.