The near-term hardship “won’t hit for a week or two,” Bishop Kopacz said. But “as time goes on this month, there’s going to be some real crises.”
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Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: 13 ‘misfits’ who spoke truth to power
13 stories, each a mini-biography of one of those great souls whose faith in Jesus inspired and necessitated and sustained their work toward a more righteous world.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Why the U.S. going to the moon still matters to immigrants
If the frontier of the U.S.-Mexico border represents the America that would exclude me, space is the frontier that invites me.
Posted inFeatures, Politics & Society
Understanding the wounded psyche of gang members
Another way to get inside the heads of gang members: look at the early childhood loss they’ve suffered.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Panel: Conditions in detention centers fail to treat asylum-seekers as human beings
St. Peter’s University and America Media hosted a discussion that focused on the challenges facing Latino communities in the United States.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Video
America Reports: People at the Border Explain What Kind of Security the US Needs
What is life really like on the border? Do people feel unsafe and what is the current security like?
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
How a Brussels church became a home for Latin American refugees
In a country where the Hispanic community is dispersed and Latin American restaurants and organizations are few, Notre Dame aux Riches Claires is the go-to gathering place for migrants and refugees who want to be reminded of home.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Asylum seekers find a temporary home in the ‘Casa Alitas’ monastery
Catholic Community Services of Southern Arizona moved the Casa Alitas shelter for asylum seekers to the monastery in January. Their previous location in Tucson was not big enough to accommodate the influx of asylum seekers.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
What is Candlemas—and who is making the tamales this year?
Mexican Catholics commemorate the day Mary and Joseph presented the Lord in the temple by bringing statues of the Child Jesus to Mass. And afterward: tamales.
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
Why the writer Richard Rodriguez refuses to be put into a box
Part of Richard Rodriguez’s charm is his refusal to play to people’s expectations of who he should be.