This week on “Inside the Vatican,” Gerard O’Connell speaks with Colleen Dulle about traveling with Pope Francis to Cyprus and Greece to “touch the wounds of humanity.”
Immigration
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis is about to visit Greece and Cyprus — and he’s expected to invite some 50 migrants to come to Rome
The pope sees his visit here as another way to get people in Europe and elsewhere to understand that the greatest humanitarian crisis since World War II requires a global solution.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Kerry Kennedy: Joe Biden must put his Catholic faith into action and stop deporting Haitian asylum seekers
Haitian asylum seekers are entitled to our protection, writes Kerry Kennedy after a visit to the border community of Del Rio, Texas. Instead, we have subjected them to abuse and immediate deportation.
Posted inNews Analysis, Politics & Society
Horrified by images of Border Patrol abusing Haitian migrants? Blame decades of dangerous immigration policy
With the likelihood that migration to the U.S. border will only increase in the near term, U.S. officials need to shore up existing structures and create new ones.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
This National Migration Week, see the humanity in those arriving at our southern border
Not only is the immigration system broken, but the conversation around it is as well. Far too frequently, we become polarized.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis in Budapest calls on the Hungarian Catholic Church and its pastors ‘to be builders of bridges and promoters of dialogue’
Pope Francis called on this majority Christian nation to stop closing in on itself and to open its arms and hearts to peoples of other ethnic backgrounds, religions and cultures.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
American conservatives have fallen in love with Hungary. Pope Francis is less impressed.
In his meeting with Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Pope Francis is not as likely to celebrate the Hungary-first tendencies of Mr. Orban and his ruling Fidesz Party.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Covid-19 is not an excuse to keep out refugees. Biden must restore the asylum process.
Continuing the Trump administration’s restrictions on asylum seekers is not necessary for public health, and it undermines our long history as a place of refuge.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Immigration advocates were thrilled when Biden was elected. Then deportations started speeding up again.
“The stakes of getting it wrong are too high.” Immigrant advocates are voicing disappointment with recent decisions from Biden administration.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Report: Faith groups push for comprehensive immigration reform across the Americas
Over 171 faith-based and grassroots organizations across the Americas have signed a letter to bishops’ conferences advocating for humane immigration policies and for mitigating the forces compelling migration.