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Chicago area priests, young leaders get first-hand look at border

Catholics have been on the front lines of the humanitarian crisis unfolding on the U.S.-Mexico border, a crisis that has lasted for years. It cropped up in the news this spring when Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced a zero-tolerance policy in which all adults crossing the border without permission would be criminally prosecuted, and any children traveling with them would be taken away.

Protecting children at the border and in the church

When our son and daughter were little I told them that if we ever got separated — in a park, at a museum, in any public space — they should look for a mother with young children and go to her, because she would keep them safe and know how to reunite us as quickly as possible.

Archdiocese hosts national immigrant ministry training

When Raiza Guevara first heard about a new program called Pastoral Migratoria coming to the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph, Missouri, she wasn’t sure she wanted to commit the time.

Roe should not be litmus test for court nominees, USCCB says

The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops urged U.S. senators July 6 not to support using the Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion as a litmus test for confirming judicial nominees.

Bishops visit border, call reunification of children urgent

In less than 48 hours, a group of Catholic bishops saw the faces of triumph and relief from migrants who had been recently released by immigration authorities, but ended their two-day journey to the border with a more "somber" experience, visiting detained migrant children living temporarily within the walls of a converted Walmart.

Violence in home countries makes migrants risk trek to U.S.

Honduran migrant Selvin Meza Garcia did not want to work as a "tax collector." Gangs in the Central American country collect "war taxes" -- a euphemism for extortion -- from ordinary people and force young men like him to collect it, often at gunpoint and with threats of violence for nonpayment.

Justice Department wants Supreme Court to rule on sanctuary cites

Sanctuary cities have been getting their day in court and might get their day in a bigger court if the Justice Department gets its wish.

Clergy, religious pray for separated families

In the morning of June 23, about 100 people gathered on the plaza in front of St. Clement Church, 624 W. Deming Place, to pray for the children and the families affected by the “zero tolerance” policy being enforced on the United States’ southern border.

Chicago-based Catholic Extension launches reunification fund to help families at border

Catholic Extension announced June 21 it has established a Family Reunification Fund as "a response to the human tragedy unfolding on the nation's southern border" with Mexico.

Pope agrees with U.S. bishops' criticism of 'immoral' immigration policy

Pope Francis said he stands with the U.S. bishops who recently condemned the Trump administration's policy on immigration that has led to children being held in government shelters while their parents are sent to federal prisons.
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