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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.

Extension begins crowdfunding campaign for Texas migrant shelter on border

Chicago-based Catholic Extension has launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise $25,000 for a new emergency migrant shelter at the U.S.-Mexico border in Laredo, Texas.

Catholic Extension emergency funding helps migrants at border

Catholic Extension has given $25,000 in emergency funding to a facility in the Diocese of El Paso, Texas, and is urging donors around the country to provide aid to meet the needs of migrants being released from detention daily.

Injustice toward migrants, refugees made in complicit silence, pope says

The “throwaway culture” has become a pandemic today, and it leaves migrants and displaced people without a voice and at the mercy of those who exploit them, Pope Francis said.

Amid rising number of deaths at sea, Pope Francis calls for respect for migrants

With the rising death toll of migrants and refugees attempting the treacherous voyage across the Mediterranean Sea, Pope Francis urged world leaders to act to prevent further tragedy.

Reaching out to Catholics on the margins

Throughout his pontificate, Pope Francis has urged Catholics to go out and minister to people on the fringes. For 25 years, Deacon Luis Trevino has done just that, ministering to those who work behind the scenes at Arlington Park racetrack as walkers, groomers and trainers.

Pope Francis, the Holy See and global humanitarian crises

The church, it is often said, thinks in centuries. This means there is a culture inside the Vatican that takes the long view, carefully assessing and responding to what is going on in the world rather than offering knee-jerk reactions. It is a prudent, and well-tested approach.

Pope urges respect for the life and dignity of migrants, refugees

With millions of people fleeing violence, persecution and poverty around the globe, individual nations must expand options that make it possible for migrants and refugees to cross their borders safely and legally, Pope Francis said.

Border bishops call of dignity 'migration condition'

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