Catholic Review
Inspiring the Archdiocese of Baltimore
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Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, World News
Catholic groups that minister to migrants and refugees are expressing concern over President Donald Trump’s order to revoke the parole program that allows legal migrants from several Latin American and Caribbean countries to connect with sponsoring family members and work in the United States.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Catholic Social Teaching, Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News
Mass deportations and asylum bans — part of the Trump administration’s rapid changes to U.S. immigration policy — destroy communities and human dignity, while constituting a “war on the poor,” said Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso, Texas.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, Vatican, World News
The same day Pope Francis was discharged from Rome’s Gemelli hospital after a five-week stay for treatment for double pneumonia, a group of Vatican doctors took their Lenten alms initiative a step further and helped provide medical care to a group of migrants.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, Social Justice, World News
Farms are in every state in the country, producing fruits, vegetables, grains, dairy and raising animals for consumption. It all makes its way to the nation’s dinner tables.
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Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, World News
A Catholic family whose forebears immigrated to Texas from Czechoslovakia, lost everything in the Great Depression, experienced homelessness and went on to start what is now one of the largest companies in the Southwest has been honored by the Catholic Extension Society with its eighth annual Houston Spirit of Francis Award.
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Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, Vatican, World News
Catholic theologians and other experts discussed the impact of Pope Francis’ pontificate on issues, particularly migration, as the pope remained in the hospital during a March 19 panel hosted by the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life at Georgetown University.
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Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, World News
President Donald Trump on March 15 invoked the Alien Enemies Act for the first time since World War II, granting himself broad authority under a wartime law to deport people allegedly associated with a Venezuelan gang, sparking a legal battle and prompting concern from Catholic immigration advocates.
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Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, Supreme Court, World News
Chief Justice John Roberts issued a rare public statement March 18 rebuking President Donald Trump’s call to impeach a federal judge who ruled against his administration in a case concerning deportations.
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Filed Under: Bishops, DOGE cuts, Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News
Following a setback, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is continuing its legal fight against the Trump administration’s halt in federal funding for refugee resettlement services.
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Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, World News
Thousands of migrants are heading back to South America after new U.S. immigration policies, including the cancellation of the CBP One program, have made it harder for them to seek asylum in the U.S.
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Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News
Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso, Texas, is spearheading a march and vigil to protest the Trump administration’s plans for mass deportations of immigrants who lack legal authorization to live and work in the U.S. as part of its immigration enforcement strategy.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Catholic Social Teaching, Commentary, Immigration and Migration
What made America great was migration, and without it, we may never achieve greatness again.
