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.
Latin America
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Defrocked priest at the center of Chile’s sex abuse crisis dies
A Chilean priest defrocked by the pope in 2018 for having sexually abused minors has died at 90.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: In Patricia Engel’s ‘Infinite Country,’ a family grapples with borders and belonging
The American dream exerts a magnetic pull in Patricia Engel’s new novel.
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I’ve lived under Donald Trump and Fidel Castro. Both taught me the importance of defending truth.
My childhood in Cuba made me prize critical thought. It also made me aware that extremism for the sake of power results in the erosion of truth and agency.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Catholic ministries step up efforts to reach homeless children on Brazil streets
“In every large city in Brazil, you can now see a greater number of kids begging for money or selling candy on the streets than before the pandemic.”
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Catholic Church in Colombia calls for peace amid waves of anti-government protests
What began on April 28 as a public reaction to a tax reform proposal from President Iván Duque has expanded into a massive mobilization of broad discontent.
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New species of owl named for American sister assassinated while fighting for the Amazon
Dubbed the Xingu screech owl, the little creature was given a scientific name of “Megascops stangiae” in honor of the late Sister Dorothy Stang, who was assassinated in 2005 in Anapu, Brazil, while fighting for the Amazon forest and its people.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Refugees have a right to stay in their homelands, too. How can we make it safer for them to do so?
The right to emigrate is central to of Catholic social teaching, but we often neglect the right to live safely in one’s own land. We must help people to stay and build better countries for themselves.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Who was the Venezuelan ‘doctor of the poor’ Pope Francis just beatified?
The saintly, magnanimous way of Dr. Hernández can inspire us especially in this dreadful time of global medical emergency.
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As the Covid-19 crisis continues, Brazil’s elderly rely on the church’s pastoral outreach
The Pastoral da Pessoa Idosa (“Pastoral Care for Elderly Persons”) reaches 170,000 seniors all over Brazil. The efforts and interventions of the ministry’s workers are built around monthly home visits.