Tag: migrants
Catholic groups say cancelation of Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, Venezuela legal migrant...
Catholic groups that minister to migrants and refugees are expressing concern over President Donald Trump's order to revoke the parole program that allows legal...
Trump administration scraps ICE policy, will allow arrests in churches, schools:...
WASHINGTON -- The Trump administration said Jan. 21 it would rescind a long-standing policy preventing Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from making arrests at...
Vatican briefs: Pope Francis prays for victims of New Orleans tragedy,...
Pope prays for victims of New Orleans attack
Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis was "deeply saddened" to learn of deaths and injuries caused...
California bishops back migrants fearing President-elect Donald Trump’s controversial mass deportation
As President-elect Donald Trump threatens to enact "the largest deportation" in U.S. history, California's Catholic bishops have issued a message of support for migrants,...
Pope Francis says migrants are to be welcomed, accompanied, supported by...
VATICAN CITY -- Migrants demonstrate what hope is, and the Catholic Church must support them to keep that hope alive, Pope Francis said.
"If migrants...
Migrant morality: Pope doubles down on message of acceptance
VATICAN CITY-- As immigration becomes an increasingly hot-button political issue in the United States and Europe, Pope Francis again underscored the moral weight of...
We all have a tale of America to tell — Effie...
He gazes from his portrait with steely determination, one eyebrow raised.
I look at the picture of my great-grandfather, an exile from the Irish famine,...
Pope Francis says an encounter with a migrant or refugee is...
VATICAN CITY -- Every encounter with people on the move as migrants or refugees is an encounter with Christ, Pope Francis said.
"It is an...
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton attempts to shut down Catholic nonprofit...
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton revived his attempt to shut down El Paso's Annunciation House, a Catholic nonprofit serving migrants, just a couple of...
Pope Francis suggests playing checkers to keep the mind sharp: ‘A...
VATICAN CITY -- While misusing modern forms of media dulls the mind, games like checkers are a simple way to stimulate one's intellect and...