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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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What to do about escalating numbers of asylum-seeking families
There is plenty of work to be done at the border that does not include building a wall.
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Do we need a wall? Here’s what people on the border think.
Many people are asking: Do we need a border wall? While the Trump administration has said the wall is necessary to curb illegal immigration and drug trafficking, many faith leaders who live along the border see things differently.
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A conversation and a Catholic “wishlist” for immigration reform
Archbishop García-Siller keynoted “The Church in America: A Conversation on Immigration,” an event co-sponsored by America Media and the Mexican American Catholic College. Norma Pimentel, M.J., executive director of Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley and Sean Carroll, S.J., executive director of the Kino Border Initiative in Nogales, Ariz., were respondents to the archbishop’s keynote.
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Why Dioceses Need to Support Struggling Latino Churches
Promising demographic data can easily be interpreted in a way that overlooks the textured history of Latino Catholics in the United States, one in which the very existence of Latino church communities has often come under threat.
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The faithful deported: Study details impact of Trump’s immigration policies
The “Catholic Removal Impact Survey of Society” surveyed 133 deportees to provide insights into the effects of deportation on immigrants and their families.
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Town hall panelists challenge church to address Latinos and Catholic education
Hosffman Ospino, an associate professor of Hispanic ministry and religious education at Boston College, moderated a panel discussion on Latinos and Catholic education Oct. 30 at The Catholic University of America.