Crises caused by war, migration and how the church can respond prompt debate at congress September 11, 2024By Eduardo Campos Lima OSV News Filed Under: Eucharist, Immigration and Migration, News, World News The first two days of presentations of the 53rd International Eucharistic Congress in Quito, Ecuador, contrasted the hardships currently faced by many people in different parts of the world with the prophetic responses that the church can provide in times of crisis.
Harris, Trump spar over abortion, migration, and economic policy in heated first debate September 11, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, Respect Life, World News Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris met Sept. 10 for their first — and possibly only — debate of the 2024 presidential cycle.
Notre Dame theologian urges Catholics to see the body of Christ in the migrant September 6, 2024By Jill Boughton OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, World News God so loved the world that he left his heavenly homeland and migrated to become one of us, laying down his life so that we in turn could complete our pilgrimage to our lasting homeland.
Seitz at the deadly Darien Gap: ‘You could see the suffering in their faces’ August 31, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, World News Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso, Texas, recently spoke with OSV News following his return from the 10th Meeting of Bishops and Migration Pastoral Agents of North America, Central America and the Caribbean, which took place Aug. 19-23 in Panama.
Migrant morality: Pope doubles down on message of acceptance August 30, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, Vatican, World News As immigration becomes an increasingly hot-button political issue in the United States and Europe, Pope Francis again underscored the moral weight of how migrants are treated, hammering home a message of acceptance that has been a pillar of his pontificate for more than a decade.
Pope, U.S. community organizers talk about migration August 30, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, Vatican, World News A few hours after he railed against unjust immigration policies at his general audience, Pope Francis and community organizers associated with the West/Southwest Industrial Areas Foundation returned to the theme of welcoming and integrating migrants.
Guatemala cardinal: Drug cartels wield ‘total power’ on border with Mexico August 28, 2024By David Agren OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, World News Cardinal Álvaro Ramazzini of Huehuetenango, Guatemala, has warned that drug cartels control the border between Mexico and Guatemala, provoking spasms of violence that have sent hundreds of Mexicans fleeing into his diocese.
Pope: Driving away migrants is a ‘grave sin’ August 28, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, Vatican, World News VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Working to turn migrants away from the prospect of peace and security in a new country is “a grave sin,” Pope Francis said. “It needs to be said clearly: There are those who systematically work by all means to drive away migrants, and this, when done knowingly and deliberately, is a […]
Judge halts Biden rule giving U.S. citizens’ spouses, children path to legalize their status August 27, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News A federal judge has halted an immigration policy offering protections for non-citizen spouses and stepchildren of U.S. citizens intended to keep their families together as they seek to legalize their status in the United States.
Cardinal to Latin American church leaders: Welcome and protect migrants August 27, 2024By David Agren OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, World News Pope Francis’ point man on immigration has urged Catholics to “welcome and protect” migrants, who ply increasingly perilous paths as they flee hardship and danger — only to meet indifference and hostility at the destinations.
Latin American religious denounce failure of regional governments to address migrants’ plight August 25, 2024By Rhina Guidos OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, World News For men and women religious from across Latin America, the new U.S.-Panama deportation agreement is one more measure by governments to punish the poor for emigrating, while failing to offer solutions to the problems that force them to leave and failing to approve measures to help them cross borders safely.
Study on Catholic attitudes on immigration shows need for instruction August 21, 2024By Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Immigration and Migration At least 46 percent of our Catholics need better instruction on what the church teaches so that their opinions on migration will be informed by Catholic social teaching.
