Más allá de la frontera, la espera para reunificación familiar es larga August 15, 2022By Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service Filed Under: En Español La voz de Jorge Alvarenga parece quebrantarse un poco cuando el joven de 31 años comienza a recordar y hablar sobre la última vez que vio a su madre en El Salvador. Él tenía 14 años. Ella estaba en la en ya estaba bien en camino en su segunda década de vida. Todavía estaba oscuro cuando ella subió a un auto.
Beyond the border, reunification of Latin American families takes years August 12, 2022By Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News Though family separation at the U.S.-Mexico border has been a much-debated topic in recent years, children in Central America have long faced extended periods away from their migrant parents. For them, reunification with a parent can sometimes take years, if not decades, and sometimes not at all.
Catholic prayers for peace interrupted after alleged assault on officer August 11, 2022By Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News An Aug. 9 event by Catholics to promote peace in the world was interrupted by what the U.S. Secret Service said was an unprovoked assault on one of its officers.
Biden continues construction along parts of border wall started by Trump August 2, 2022By Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News Some border residents and organizations are speaking out against the Biden administration after the U.S. Department of Homeland Security revealed plans to fill in gaps of a border wall to keep migrants out near Yuma, Arizona.
Texas bishops call for immigration reform after migrant deaths in trailer July 18, 2022By Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News The Texas Catholic bishops urged immigration reform, saying it is necessary to prevent what happened to 53 migrants discovered dead and dying inside a trailer June 27 from happening again.
Tras tragedias en su arquidiócesis, arzobispo dice que el bien vencerá July 14, 2022By Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service Filed Under: En Español El arzobispo de San Antonio, Gustavo García-Siller, todavía se encontraba atendiendo el dolor de la comunidad de Uvalde, Texas, que se recuperaba de un tiroteo masivo en una escuela primeria donde 19 niños, la mayoría del cuarto grado, y sus dos maestros murieron, cuando otra tragedia aterrizó en la puerta de su diócesis de Texas.
San Antonio archbishop: Migrants are often abandoned, stripped of identity July 14, 2022By Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, Immigration and Migration, News, Respect Life, World News The way Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller of San Antonio sees it, the only thing to blame is the system, and the tragedies in Texas are part of a bigger and complex problem, he said in a July 8 interview with Catholic News Service.
After tragedies in archdiocese, archbishop says good will win over evil July 13, 2022By Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service Filed Under: Gun Violence, Immigration and Migration, News, Respect Life, World News San Antonio Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller was still tending to the pain of the community of Uvalde, Texas, reeling from a mass school shooting that in late May left 19 children, many of them fourth graders, and their two teachers dead, when another tragedy landed on the doorstep of his Texas diocese.
San Antonio archbishop says exploitation of poor, migrants is ‘grave’ July 7, 2022By Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News San Antonio Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller in a recent homily railed on smugglers as well as the injustices toward immigrants, referring to the June 27 deaths of 53 people in a sweltering cargo section of an abandoned semitruck near San Antonio as they were being smuggled into the country.
Outside high court, joy, defiance and insults after Roe is struck down June 25, 2022By Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, Supreme Court, World News Amid cries of defiance and jubilation, Father Tim Wezner stood out for his quiet prayer, holding a rosary and contemplating the crowd outside the Supreme Court of the United States June 24 after a majority of justices overturned a landmark decision that for almost 50 years made abortion legal across the land.
Priest, abuse survivor says church still needs ‘lamentation’ for abuse June 23, 2022By Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Feature, News, World News As the Catholic Church in the United States marks two decades since the U.S. bishops adopted a document establishing policies to deal with allegations of sexual abuse of children by clergy, Jesuit Father Jerry McGlone worries about the psychological responses the event could trigger.
As DACA marks 10th anniversary, recipients voice frustration over inaction June 16, 2022By Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, U.S. Congress, World News A politically divided Congress has not been able to agree on a comprehensive immigration plan, nor a bill to offer the approximately 760,000 DACA recipients a path to citizenship.
