By seeking better life, migrants teach hope, determination, pope says October 28, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, Vatican, World News Migrants demonstrate what hope is, and the Catholic Church must support them to keep that hope alive, Pope Francis said.
Mexican lay couple help migrants amid rising dangers, difficulties October 26, 2024By David Agren OSV News Filed Under: Hispanic Ministry, Immigration and Migration, News, World News A lay preacher and longtime parishioner at the St. Francis Assisi Church in Huixtla, Hernández, 76, cites his experience in parish life as an inspiration for helping migrants. Helping migrants, he says, is a form of practicing what he preaches.
Venezuelan American teen’s film on Guatemalan genocide grows out of Catholic high school program October 26, 2024By Tom Tracy OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, Movie & Television Reviews, News, World News A filmmaker and graduate of Miami Catholic schools with a new documentary film about Guatemalan-Mayan immigration to the U.S. said her project brought clarity to her own immigrant history as a Venezuelan American.
Authors of journal’s special issue share findings on migrant deaths along the border October 22, 2024By Maria del Pilar Guzman OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, World News Donald Kerwin set the tone for an Oct. 16 webinar on migrant deaths with a clarifying statement: “Accounting for deaths, it means more than accurately counting them or enumerating them. … What it means is identifying decedents, investigating deaths, determining their causes and repatriating remains to loved ones.”
De inmigrante indocumentado a obispo auxiliar October 8, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: En Español, Immigration and Migration, Protagonistas de Fe, Uncategorized En este episodio de Protagonistas de Fe, el obispo auxiliar de la Arquidiócesis de Washington, Monseñor Evelio Menjivar Ayala, nos relata su salida de El Salvador durante los años de la guerra civil, su historia como migrante en Estados Unidos y su jornada de fe que le lleva a escuchar el llamado del Señor a la vida sacerdotal.
6 migrants killed by Mexican military shooting at vehicle evading checkpoint October 3, 2024By David Agren OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, World News Six migrants were killed after soldiers shot at a vehicle evading a military checkpoint in Mexico’s southern Chiapas state.
Mayorkas urges ‘pragmatism’ in remarks at migration policy conference October 3, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, World News U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas advocated for a pragmatic and orderly approach to immigration policy in a Sept. 30 conference on migration co-hosted by Catholic organizations.
France mourns Catholic student murdered by repeat migrant offender next to her university September 30, 2024By Caroline de Sury OSV News Filed Under: Colleges, Immigration and Migration, News, World News It felt as if the whole country mourned and wept as family, friends and 3,000 other people packed the St. Louis Cathedral in Versailles Sept. 27 to say goodbye to 19-year-old student Philippine de Carlan, who was found murdered in Bois de Boulogne, or the Boulogne Forest, in Paris Sept. 21.
More than 15 foreign priests could be forced to leave archdiocese after recent visa law changes September 30, 2024By Lisa Harlow Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, Local News, News, Vocations Unless a recent change in U.S. visa law is reversed, more than 15 priests from other countries who now serve in the Archdiocese of Baltimore may be forced to go home – uprooting their ministries and leaving parishes, schools and Catholic institutions scrambling.
International community ‘can and should do more’ for Burkina Faso, ACN says September 28, 2024By Leo Morawiecki OSV News Filed Under: Disaster Relief, Immigration and Migration, News, World News As the Catholic Church commemorates the 110th World Day of Migrants and Refugees Sept. 29, Burkina Faso, “the world’s neglected crisis,” faces this reality: Over 2 million people, or 10 percent of the population, are internally displaced.
Advocates for migrants, refugees see challenging times ahead no matter the election outcome September 26, 2024By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, Hispanic Ministry, Immigration and Migration, News, World News Whatever the outcome of America’s Nov. 5 presidential election, migrant and refugee advocates are predicting a challenging environment, said participants in a Sept. 24 video conference tackling the topic of how election results may impact Central America and those who are migrating through the region or coming from there to reach the U.S.-Mexico border.
Meet Christ in migrants, and respond with compassion, says US bishop echoing pope’s call September 23, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, World News In a message ahead of the 110th World Day of Migrants and Refugees, the U.S. bishops’ migration chair stressed Pope Francis’ call for solidarity with migrants, “reminding us that their journeys mirror the biblical Exodus, with God as their guide and companion.”
