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Bishops lead Stations of the Cross at Colorado ICE center, urges dignity for migrants
By Francesca Pollio Fenton CNA Staff, Nov 25, 2025 / 13:48 pm Editor’s Note: For the Prayer Service by Archbishop Robert G. Casey in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, click here. Hundreds of Catholics gathered in front of the Denver Contract Detention Facility — an ICE detention facility in Aurora, Colorado — …
Archbishop Casey Holds Prayer Service for Immigrants
Archbishop Robert Casey led a prayer service for immigrants at Butler County Jail in Hamilton, Ohio on Friday, Nov. 14. The archbishop was joined by a small group of people from all around the archdiocese, including representatives from Catholic Charities Southwestern Ohio. The prayer service included the sorrowful mysteries of …
New USCCB President: Immigration remains priority for US Bishops
Newly elected USCCB President Archbishop Paul Coakley of Oklahoma City highlights the U.S. Bishops’ care for migrants, synodality, and efforts to overcome polarization by being instruments of communion. By Christopher Wells The question of immigration is “a burning issue” for American bishops, Archbishop Paul Coakley told Vatican News in an …
Cardinal Cupich pledges support for migrants as Catholics across U.S. rally in solidarity
By Madalaine Elhabbal Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 22, 2025 / 13:14 pm In a new video, Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago has once again pledged his support for undocumented migrants. “Let me be clear: The Church stands with migrants,” Cupich said in a video message on Oct. 21. Citing family separation …
U.S., Mexico bishops call for a vigil for migrants
By Eduardo Berdejo ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 16, 2025 / 17:13 pm Bishops and priests from several dioceses in the United States and Mexico have invited people to organize a Catholic vigil for migrants on Oct. 22 or another possible date as a way to express solidarity and call for adequate …
Pope Leo XIV commends Catholic Charities USA’s ministry to migrants, refugees
By Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Oct 9, 2025 / 09:12 am Pope Leo XIV sent a letter this week commending Catholic Charities USA for being “agents of hope” to vulnerable people, especially migrants and refugees. As migrants and refugees “are not able to rely on their own resources and have to …
America’s ‘immigrants’ nun’ says many are afraid to even go to the supermarket
By Victoria Cardiel Vatican City, Oct 5, 2025 / 07:00 am Sister Norma Pimentel is known as “the immigrants’ nun.” For over a decade, she has directed the Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley (CCRGV) Humanitarian Respite Center, a humanitarian aid center located in McAllen, Texas, on the border with …
The Gift of Hospitality
On a Sunday afternoon in July, St. Raphael Church in Springfield hosted a larger and more diverse crowd than usual. While the St. Rose Family of Parishes in Clark County is no stranger to diversity, regularly celebrating Masses in both Spanish and Haitian Creole, it is most unusual for everyone …
Border bishops call for immigration reform, reiterate support for migrants
By Jonah McKeown CNA Staff, Feb 28, 2025 / 17:45 pm A group of U.S. and Mexican bishops from dioceses along the southern border said this week that migrants can be assured of the Church’s continued support and compassion, and that lawmakers on both sides of the border have a duty to reform their respective …
What is the ‘ordo amoris’? JD Vance’s comments on Christian love spark debate
By Jonah McKeown CNA Staff, Feb 4, 2025 / 06:00 am During a recent interview, Vice President JD Vance invoked the Catholic concept of “ordo amoris” — “rightly ordered love” — in the context of the ongoing societal debate over immigration policy, sparking a variety of reactions on social media. Speaking to …
