Tag: migrants
Trump’s new rule on asylum at border called contrary to existing...
WASHINGTON — By barring people who arrive at the U.S.-Mexico border from receiving U.S. asylum unless they request it at an official U.S. port...
Caravan heads to Mexico City; Guadalupe basilica opens for migrants
CORDOBA, Mexico — The caravan of migrants making its way through Mexico has started arriving in Mexico City, where the Basilica of Our Lady...
Nations are built by migrants, pope says
VATICAN CITY — Countries do not develop by themselves; they are built by migrants, Pope Francis said.
And migrants often choose to travel to a...
Mexican parishes pitch in to help Central American caravan heading north
HUIXTLA, Mexico — Members of St. Francis of Assisi Parish in this southern Mexican city rose early Oct. 24 to feed but a fraction...
Simple act of providing jugs of water in desert prevents migrant...
AJO, Ariz. (CNS) -- In the Sonoran Desert northeast of Ajo, temperatures can soar to mid-90s in late spring and above 100 degrees in...
Bishops end border visit, call reunification of children urgent
SAN JUAN, Texas — In less than 48 hours, a group of Catholic bishops saw the faces of triumph and relief from migrants who...
French church groups combine to fight anti-migrant attitudes
PARIS — The French church has launched a program to combat anti-migrant and anti-Muslim attitudes amid reports of tensions among Catholics.
“It is to resist...