Catholic immigration advocates seek to counter false narratives about their work March 6, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Catholic Social Teaching, Immigration and Migration, News, World News Participants in the event, “Understanding Migration from a Catholic Perspective” held at The Catholic University of America, examined current and historical narratives around U.S. immigration, seeking new ways to dialogue with those skeptical about the church’s work in this area, including some Trump administration officials.
Gospel values, common good and reform key to immigration, say border bishops March 4, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News Catholic bishops along both sides of the Texas-Mexico border are affirming their support for the common good amid the U.S. immigration crisis, while calling for reform of the U.S. immigration system.
Pope selects theme centered on hope for church’s celebration of migrants March 3, 2025By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis has chosen “Migrants, missionaries of hope” as the theme for the Catholic Church’s celebration of World Day of Migrants and Refugees, linking the world day to the Jubilee message of hope.
In midst of uncertainty on immigration, Archdiocese of Baltimore provides support March 3, 2025By Kurt Jensen Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Hispanic Ministry, Immigration and Migration, Local News, News Parishes and Catholic agencies such as Catholic Charities hope to embody the Gospel parable of the Good Samaritan by providing care for those in the immigrant community.
‘Christ calls us to serve our vulnerable neighbors,’ says immigration services director March 2, 2025By Scott Warden OSV News Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Catholic Social Teaching, Immigration and Migration, News, World News To help give clarity to the work Catholic Charities does in assisting migrants and refugees in the area, Today’s Catholic, newspaper of the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, spoke to Luz Ostrognai, director of Catholic Charities’ immigration services program. Ostrognai, a native of Colombia, has been practicing immigration law in Fort Wayne since 2003. The interview has been edited for clarity.
Trump administration terminates U.S. bishops’ refugee resettlement contract March 1, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News The Trump administration “immediately terminated” its contract with the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops for refugee resettlement, effective Feb. 27, according to letters issued by the U.S. State Department a day earlier.
Trump-Zelenskyy meltdown; Trump ‘gold cards’; Planned Parenthood’s Medicaid win March 1, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, War in Ukraine, World News The same week Ukraine marked the three-year anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion, President Donald Trump met with that country’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, as well as separate meetings other world leaders, at the white House.
Vance ‘surprised’ by pope’s criticism, prays for his recovery at Catholic prayer breakfast February 28, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, Vatican, World News Vice President JD Vance said he was “surprised” by Pope Francis’ criticism of the Trump administration’s immigration policy, but said he is praying for the pontiff’s recovery amid his hospitalization.
Mexico’s bishops urge unity as church struggles to assist those deported under Trump policies February 27, 2025By Eduardo Campos Lima OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News U.S. President Donald Trump’s new policies concerning unauthorized immigrants and mass deportation operations have caught some Latin American countries off guard, prompting them to improvise ways to deal with the unexpected arrival of high numbers of those being deported.
What’s involved in resettling refugees? Catholic leaders share the church’s work February 26, 2025By Marietha Góngora V. OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News Weeks before the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops sued the Trump administration Feb. 18 over then sudden suspension of funding for refugee resettlement assistance in order to continue to assisting refugees already resettled in the U.S., members of USCCB’s Migration and Refugee Services and a local Catholic Charities described the importance and logistics of their work.
Judge blocks policy permitting ICE arrests at some places of worship February 25, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, World News A federal judge in Maryland has halted a Trump administration policy rescinding long-standing restrictions on Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from making arrests at what are seen as sensitive locations, including houses of worship, schools and hospitals.
Trump’s first month ends in friction with bishops over immigration, IVF, Vance attacks February 25, 2025By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, Respect Life, World News The U.S. bishops’ Feb. 18 lawsuit against the federal government for abrupt and sweeping changes to refugee resettlement funding, and the bishops’ Feb. 20 admonition of President Donald Trump’s executive order aiming to expand access to in vitro fertilization underscore the ongoing friction between the nation’s Catholic leaders and its 47th president in his first month since reassuming office.
