When the Vive Shelter in Buffalo, NY agreed to take in over 100 asylum seekers, they asked for help from the Buffalo community. Canisius College was among the community members that offered their resources.
According to the Vatican, an estimated 250 migrants, refugees and rescue volunteers attended the Mass, which was celebrated at the Altar of the Chair in St. Peter's Basilica.
The logic of “me first and then the others,” sometimes cited by believers and frequently used by politicians to gain votes and power in European countries, the United States and elsewhere, is not the logic of Christ.