To love and be loved is Christian way, French cardinal says May 5, 2025By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: 2025 Conclave, Immigration and Migration, News, Vatican, World News Only through loving others and accepting love in spite of one’s own failures can Christians truly understand and proclaim the joy of Christ’s victory over death, said French Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline of Marseille.
Trump’s approval rating drops as he reaches 100 days, including among Catholics, polls show April 30, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: DOGE cuts, Immigration and Migration, News, World News As President Donald Trump reached the 100th day of his second term April 29, polls showed decreases in his approval ratings on job performance and key issues, including among Catholics overall.
Pope, a ‘son of immigrants,’ leaves legacy of migrant advocacy April 24, 2025By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, Remembering Pope Francis, World News When Pope Francis chose the small Italian island of Lampedusa as the destination for his first trip outside Rome after his election, he signaled to the world that migration would be a defining issue of his pontificate.
Pope’s life, leadership, placed Latin America at center of the church April 24, 2025By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, Remembering Pope Francis, Vatican, World News As the pope of the peripheries, Pope Francis brought the heart, mind and soul of the Catholic Church in Latin America from what he called the “ends of the earth” to the center of Christendom.
Pope Francis’ approach to key issues did not fit neatly in U.S. politics, experts say April 23, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, Remembering Pope Francis, Vatican, World News Pope Francis’ approach to key issues including his concern for the environment, immigration and abortion did not fit neatly into American political ideologies, Catholic political and theology experts told OSV News.
Complexities of U.S. immigration visa system impact the church’s pastoral mission April 21, 2025By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, Vocations America’s tumultuous immigration system is again impacting nonordained religious workers from other countries — including Catholic religious sisters and brothers.
Myanmar refugee family, approved but in limbo, prays for good news while waiting to enter U.S. April 21, 2025By Elizabeth Wong Barnstead OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News Father Martin has not seen his brother in person since 2009, when Stephen left their family’s village in Myanmar to seek a better life in a new land.
Religious freedom, migration on agenda as Vance meets Cardinal Parolin April 19, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, Religious Freedom, Vatican, World News Against the backdrop of deep differences with the Trump administration over migration and foreign aid as well as concerns for Ukraine and for Gaza, the Vatican secretary of state welcomed U.S. Vice President JD Vance to the Vatican.
El Salvador president says he won’t return erroneously deported, imprisoned man to U.S. April 15, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News Trump administration officials and Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele on April 14 dismissed arguments that an erroneously deported Maryland man should be returned to the United States from a prison where he is being held in El Salvador.
U.S. bishops support bill easing immigrant religious workers’ path to permanent residency April 11, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, Vocations, World News The U.S. bishops on April 10 told congressional lawmakers they support bipartisan legislation that would ease some immigration restrictions on religious workers from other countries, allowing them to stay in the U.S. while they wait for permanent residency.
Aiding migrants ‘goes against the tide’ today, top Jesuit says April 11, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, World News Using forced deportations and detainment to deal with migration is “a scandal,” said Jesuit Father Arturo Sosa, superior general of the Jesuits.
Church workers welcome deported migrants to Honduras April 10, 2025By Paul Jeffrey OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, World News Sister Idalina, a native of Brazil, is director of the Center for Attention to Returned Migrants, a joint effort of the Catholic Church and several government and nongovernmental agencies.
