“Covid knows no boundaries or immigration status; it is an indiscriminate killer.”
Immigration
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
We deplore King Herod for his historic cruelty. But we are hardly any better.
The Holy Innocents of today continue to arrive and ask for our help. The way we welcome them or neglect them tells the story of who we are.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
‘There’s no stopping the baby.’ The pandemic won’t cancel Posadas this Christmas.
During the nine days before Christmas, friends and family gather for the re-enactment, with two children dressing up to play the roles of Mary and Joseph.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: Yaa Gyasi’s fully human characters
Come to Yaa Gyasi’s fiction, all you who are weary and burdened, and she will give you heartbreak.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Local priest: The Canary Islands are ‘turning into a prison’ for migrants
So far this year, over 16,760 migrants have survived clandestine voyages from Africa’s west coast to Spain’s Canary Islands, more than 5,500 arriving over just the last two weeks.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
The Trump administration wrecked refugee resettlement. Can Biden build it back?
Catholic Charities U.S.A. spent decades building a domestic network to assist the social integration of incoming refugees. Three years of declining numbers and obliterated budgets took a sledgehammer to all that.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Immigration advocates: It will take Biden years to undo the damage of the Trump era
“The [Biden] administration needs to seize this moment for generational change, especially in terms of immigration.”
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Trump defends his family separation policy in last debate against Biden
“The government doesn’t want to reunite the children with their parent…They don’t see it as their role.”
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Pope Francis calls Trump’s family separation border policy ‘cruelty of the highest form’
In a new documentary that premiered in Rome today, Pope Francis says separating migrant children from their parents is “something a Christian cannot do. It’s cruelty of the highest form.”
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Trump’s rhetoric is at odds with Pope Francis’ call to recognize the humanity of refugees
The Trump administration has lowered refugee admissions to an all-time low. Giulia McPherson of Jesuit Refugee Service/USA explains why this is both inhumane and shortsighted.