No matter what you think of people coming into the country illegally, one can hardly blame children brought by their parents.
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Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
New Trump refugee policies could close more than 20 Catholic Charities resettlement offices
As many as 17 to 23 Catholic Charities offices around the country are now confronting the end of programs that have been successfully assimilating thousands of refugees into U.S. society for decades
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Catholics mark National Migration Week as threats to migrants mount
The undocumented “remind us who we were called to be, not only as a nation of immigrants but as a people of faith.”
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Cardinal Tobin: ‘I hope women will continue to speak the truth’
An interview with Cardinal Joseph Tobin on the changing place of women in the church.
Posted inFaith, Podcasts
What’s it like during the first year of priesthood?
This week’s guest is Rev. Brendan Busse, S.J. Fr. Busse is associate pastor of Dolores Mission in Los Angeles and a contributing writer for America. We spoke to him about his most recent article, “The urgent, lonely, relevant, humbling, joyful, experience of being a newly ordained priest.” Fr. Busse, who wanted to be an architect […]
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
In California, a former Vietnamese refugee becomes a bishop
Bishop Nguyen was forced to flee his native country as a seminarian, spending 18 days at sea without food or water.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Las Posadas: a Mexican tradition keeps Christ (and Mary and Joseph) in Christmas
Las Posadas, “the inns,” is a reenactment of the Holy Family’s search for lodging in Bethlehem before the birth of Christ.
Posted inEditorials, Faith
The Editors: Pope Francis needs to restore trust in response to sex abuse crisis
While Cardinal Law’s funeral is held at St. Peter’s, the church is still waiting for the formal renewal of the pope’s sex abuse commission. More transparency is needed to build trust in the church’s commitment to reform.
Posted inFaith, News Analysis
How Cardinal Law’s death could retraumatize survivors
For those who were sexually abused by priests, the news of Cardinal Bernard Law’s death evoked an avalanche of emotions.
Posted inNews Analysis, Politics & Society
U.S. bishops ask Trump to reconsider GOP tax plan as it heads to White House
“We ask that [the president] take into account the full consequences of its provisions and work with Congress to remedy them before signing a tax bill into law.”