Speaking out against unjust laws amid mass deportations November 11, 2025By Archbishop Thomas Wenski OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Immigration and Migration To be a just man or woman is to be a person who turns outward to other people seeing them as God sees them, which is of course with perfect and unwavering charity.
Remember common decency in immigration enforcement July 15, 2025By Archbishop Thomas Wenski OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Immigration and Migration houghtful observers of the challenges facing our country cannot help but recognize that serious reforms are necessary to preserve safety and the integrity of our borders, as well as to accommodate needs for labor, family stability and the ability of those at risk of grave harm to migrate.
Asking for human life and dignity protections in the ‘One Big Beautiful Bill Act’ June 9, 2025By Archbishop Thomas Wenski OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Immigration and Migration, Respect Life Congress could make this “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” less expensive, more advantageous economically and beneficial to the entire community by removing the increased spending on the enforcement-only approach to immigration and moving the bill forward with a stay on deportations of non-criminal immigrants.
God never gives up on us March 28, 2025By Archbishop Thomas Wenski OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Lent The door to that future is always open for us: it is the door of the confessional where sins committed after baptism are forgiven.
Bringing clarity, context to the U.S. bishops’ stance in immigration debate February 7, 2025By Archbishop Thomas Wenski OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Immigration and Migration Most Americans do want a solution to the perceived chaos on our borders. The U.S. bishops following Catholic social teaching do recognize that national sovereignty affords nations’ the right to control their borders. We have never advocated for “open borders” or that “bad actors” should be admitted indiscriminately or that wrong doers of any type be free to roam our streets and endanger our citizens.
Archbishop Wenski: CCHD challenges cannot undermine fundamental mission of program June 12, 2024By Archbishop Thomas Wenski OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Commentary, Social Justice CCHD works “to break the cycle of poverty by helping low-income people participate in decisions that affect their lives, families, and communities. CCHD offers a hand up, not a handout.”
Archbishop Wenski: ‘Change the narrative about migration’ September 22, 2023By Archbishop Thomas Wenski OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Immigration and Migration The U.S. can overcome the challenges of migration if we recognize the opportunities the immigrants themselves offer.
