Subcomité de Asuntos Hispanos de la USCCB lanza kit de recursos sobre comunidades y ministerios hispanos/latinos September 5, 2024By Marietha Góngora V. OSV News Filed Under: En Español El Secretariado de Diversidad Cultural en la Iglesia de la Conferencia de Obispos Católicos de los Estados Unidos (USCCB) anunció que desarrolló un kit de recursos que ayudará “a ilustrar el profundo impacto de la comunidad hispana/latina dentro de la Iglesia Católica en los Estados Unidos”.
U.S. bishops’ conference releases new resource on Hispanic/Latino communities, ministries September 5, 2024By Marietha Góngora V. OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, News, World News Ahead of Hispanic Heritage Month, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Secretariat for Cultural Diversity in the Church has released a resource kit “to help illustrate the profound impact of the Hispanic/Latino community within the Catholic Church in the United States,” according to a USCCB press release.
U.S. bishops’ diocesan survey sets new baseline for Hispanic ministry in parishes nationwide August 23, 2024By Marietha Góngora V. OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, Hispanic Ministry, News, World News The U.S. bishops’ Subcommittee on Hispanic Affairs conducted a survey of dioceses and archdioceses in the country’s 14 episcopal regions and released its results Aug. 21.
National Eucharistic Pilgrimage’s southern route starts with joyful witness amid Mass, processions May 19, 2024By Marietha Góngora V. OSV News Filed Under: Eucharist, News, World News The southern arm of the national pilgrimage launched from the tip of Texas in Brownsville — nearly half a mile from the U.S.-Mexico border — and will wind around the Gulf of Mexico and traverse the country’s southeast on its way to Indianapolis to attend the July 17-21 10th National Eucharistic Congress.
Church in Puerto Rico calls for co-responsibility in the face of dengue epidemic April 26, 2024By Marietha Góngora V. OSV News Filed Under: Environment, Health Care, News, World News In response to the public health emergency due to the dengue virus, Archbishop Roberto O. González Nieves of San Juan, Puerto Rico, called on the faithful to take action and “be instruments of everyone’s right to health.”
Bishop Seitz: U.S. thriving depends on a more Christian and loving treatment of migrants April 16, 2024By Marietha Góngora V. OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News As part of the immigration conference “Responding to Changing Realities at the U.S. Border and Beyond,” held April 11 at The Catholic University of America in Washington, Peter K. Kilpatrick, the university’s president, interviewed Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso, Texas.
El rol de las instituciones católicas en la política migratoria April 16, 2024By Marietha Góngora V. OSV News Filed Under: En Español El pasado 11 de abril se llevó a cabo la segunda jornada de la Conferencia de Inmigración “Respondiendo a las Realidades Cambiantes en la Frontera de los Estados Unidos y Más Allá” en Catholic University of America en Washington D.C.
‘We have hope’ say advocates at El Paso march and vigil for migrants’ dignity April 3, 2024By Marietha Góngora V. OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, Social Justice, World News On the evening of March 21, hundreds of people joined the peaceful demonstration “Be Not Afraid: March and Vigil for Human Dignity” organized by the Diocese of El Paso, Texas, along with migrant-supporting organizations such as Hope Border Institute, and religious and community leaders from areas along the U.S.-Mexico border.
‘Tenemos esperanza’, la multitudinaria voz que se levantó en El Paso por la dignidad de los migrantes April 3, 2024By Marietha Góngora V. OSV News Filed Under: En Español El pasado 21 de marzo, cientos de personas se unieron a la manifestación pacífica “No Tengan Miedo: Marcha y Vigilia por la Dignidad Humana”, organizada por la Diócesis de El Paso, Texas, junto con organizaciones que apoyan a los migrantes como Hope Border Institute y líderes religiosos y comunitarios de las zonas fronterizas.
Welcome Circles guide communities to help migrant families navigate new horizons March 25, 2024By Marietha Góngora V. OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, World News Catholic communities across the U.S. have been supporting migrant families arriving in the United States fleeing crisis situations by participating in the Welcome Circles, a program developed by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Department of Migration and Refugee Services.
Círculos de Bienvenida, un programa de la USCCB que abraza el futuro de los inmigrantes March 25, 2024By Marietha Góngora V. OSV News Filed Under: En Español Con el programa Welcome Circles (Círculos de Bienvenida) de la Conferencia de Obispos Católicos de Estados Unidos, comunidades católicas han estado apoyando a familias migrantes que llegan a los Estados Unidos huyendo de situaciones de crisis.
Organizaciones y autoridades eclesiásticas urgen para que la crisis migratoria se aborde desde la dignidad humana February 26, 2024By Marietha Góngora V. OSV News Filed Under: En Español En lugar de hiperpolitizar la frontera, los funcionarios deberían encontrar soluciones humanas y viables que protejan la dignidad y los derechos humanos de los migrantes, dijeron expertos que trabajan con migrantes en la frontera en un webinar el 21 de febrero.
