Bishop Seitz criticizes expansion of Title 42 to 'vulnerable' Venezuelans

The Biden administration's Oct. 12 decision to apply Title 42 to Venezuelans at the U.S.-Mexico border "will have an immediate impact on our border community," said Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso.

Refusal to help migrants is 'sinful, criminal,' pope says at canonization

The refusal to help desperate migrants "is revolting, it's sinful, it's criminal," Pope Francis said as he canonized a bishop dedicated to assisting migrants and a Salesian brother who had immigrated with his family to Argentina.

Accompanying anyone in need

Since late August, I have been continually reminded about the vitally significant role that Catholic Charities plays in witnessing a message of mercy and hope to our clients in need.

Meeting migrants, pope warns civilization risks being 'shipwrecked'

Saying civilization itself risks foundering because of apathy and selfishness, Pope Francis insisted that migrants and refugees must be treated with care and kindness and recognized as brothers and sisters.

Vatican announces theme for World Day of Migrants and Refugees

For the next World Day of Migrants and Refugees, Pope Francis wants Catholics to focus on greater communion and unity among all people.

Emergency multitasking: Vatican says keep all vulnerable in mind

Internally displaced people — those forced to flee their homes, but who do not cross into another country — still often need protection and special assistance, including from the church, said a new Vatican document.

Migrants benefit from Mercy Sisters’ ministry of presence

Mercy Sister Rosemary Welsh is a nurse and for the past 44 years she has immersed her ministry in the Latino culture.

Archdiocese celebrates National Migration Week with Mass

Representatives of about 20 countries in traditional dress processed into Holy Name Cathedral before the 5:15 p.m. Mass Jan. 5, offering a human reminder of the gifts immigrants have brought to the church in Chicago.

Migrants are people, not just a social issue, pope says at Mass

Christians are called to follow the spirit of the beatitudes by comforting the poor and the oppressed, especially migrants and refugees who are rejected, exploited and left to die, Pope Francis said. The least ones, “who have been thrown away, marginalized, oppressed, discriminated against, abused, exploited, abandoned, poor and suffering” cry out to God, “asking to be freed from the evils that afflict them,” the pope said in his homily July 8 during a Mass commemorating the sixth anniversary of his visit to the southern Mediterranean island of Lampedusa.

U.S. bishops join pope reacting to photos of drowned migrant father, child

U.S. bishops joined Pope Francis in expressing sadness after seeing photos of the lifeless bodies of a migrant father and his daughter who drowned near the U.S. border with Mexico.
1 2 >

Advertising