Latin American religious denounce failure of regional governments to address migrants’ plight August 25, 2024By Rhina Guidos OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, World News For men and women religious from across Latin America, the new U.S.-Panama deportation agreement is one more measure by governments to punish the poor for emigrating, while failing to offer solutions to the problems that force them to leave and failing to approve measures to help them cross borders safely.
Vocations flourish among Indigenous women in Guatemala’s remote highlands August 16, 2024By Rhina Guidos OSV News Filed Under: News, Vocations, World News The Missionary Sisters of the Eucharist didn’t just survive the violence of the Lake Atitlán region back then, but they flourished during the war’s 36 years and now have missions in San Pedro Ayampuc; Tamahu; Cobán; Santiago Atitlán in Sololá; Tecpán in Chimaltenango; Joyaba and Santa Cruz in El Quiché; and San Andrés Semetabaj.
On ground in Eastern Europe, U.S. Catholics aid Ukraine on various fronts December 30, 2022By Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News With economic aid, political support, and boots on the ground inside Ukraine and Poland, U.S. Catholics have been steady partners helping Ukrainians under attack.
New Orleans archbishop prays for murdered priest, missing worker November 30, 2022By Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News The head of the Archdiocese of New Orleans spoke of horror and pain in a Nov. 30 statement, following what police believe is the killing of a retired priest and possibly a church worker in the archdiocese.
Diocese distances itself from deacon’s comment after Colorado killings November 22, 2022By Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, World News The Diocese of Oakland, Calif., issued a statement of support for those suffering after a Nov. 19 attack on an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado.
In immigration update, bishop says there’s little progress on reform front November 18, 2022By Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2022, World News Even though pushing for reforms in the U.S. immigration system has been a priority, “as we know, not much has happened,” Auxiliary Bishop Mario E. Dorsonville of Washington said Nov. 16.
Baltimore native Pelosi to step away from party leadership post in House November 18, 2022By Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2022, U.S. Congress, World News House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., announced that this was the time for her to step away from the top leadership of the Democratic Party in the legislative chamber.
Incoming migration chair says he wants to share joy of serving the poor November 17, 2022By Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2022, World News From his diocese near the border with Mexico, Bishop Mark J. Seitz has aimed to highlight the work he sees as a path toward the Gospel: serving the poor, the stranger, who cross over into the U.S. regardless of how they entered.
U.S. Ukrainian Catholic prelate says Russian war against nation is genocide November 16, 2022By Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2022, War in Ukraine, World News A Ukrainian Catholic archbishop asked his fellow U.S. bishops Nov. 16 to pray for Ukraine, and, if possible, to go to Ukraine and pray there for its people, inviting them on a trip he is embarking on in February.
In address, outgoing USCCB president focuses on concern for secularism November 15, 2022By Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2022, World News Los Angeles Archbishop José H. Gomez completed his three years as president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Nov. 15 with images of conflict, changes and challenges during his term.
At border Mass above the Rio Grande, migrants who died are remembered November 7, 2022By Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News – From an altar set on a platform just above the waters that straddle the U.S. and Mexico, Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso, Texas, celebrated a Mass Nov. 5 to remember migrants who’ve died trying to cross the waters below or along the border in 2022.
On the border, fears rise of a less welcoming era for asylum-seekers November 4, 2022By Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News Like Cubans and Haitians heading to the U.S. trying to escape spiraling economic and political woes at home, Venezuelans, too, have been arriving at the southern border in increasing numbers.
