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New Mexico bishops come out strongly against mass deportations
By Jonah McKeown CNA Staff, Dec 6, 2024 / 09:25 am The Catholic bishops of New Mexico this week articulated a strongly worded statement against a policy of mass deportation of unauthorized immigrants, a policy that President-elect Donald Trump has repeatedly promised to enact. “A mass deportation policy will not fix the broken …
Bishops urge Congress to pass bill granting asylum to Afghans who helped U.S. during war
By Peter Pinedo Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 20, 2023 / 10:45 am Bishop Mark Seitz, chair of the U.S. bishops’ Migration Committee, urged Congress in a letter issued Tuesday to pass the Afghan Adjustment Act granting permanent asylum to individuals and families who helped U.S. service members during the war and are now …
Catholics at the U.S.-Mexico border: ‘Too many people to help, but someone has to’
By Peter Pinedo Washington D.C., May 15, 2023 / 14:17 pm As the political debate rages over how to manage a new surge of migrants, Catholics like Rosario Reynolds living along the U.S.-Mexico border face a more personal dilemma: how to respond to desperate new arrivals they encounter in their communities …
U.S. bishops hold National Migration Week amid migrant crisis
by Katie Yoder Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 16, 2022 / 16:25 pm The U.S. bishops are inviting Catholics to participate in National Migration Week and the World Day of Migrants and Refugees by encountering “those living on the existential peripheries.” The week, beginning on Sept. 19, presents an opportunity to …
Nancy Pelosi discusses environment, migration, and human rights at Vatican
by CNA Staff Vatican City, Oct 8, 2021 / 11:30 am House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) discussed the environment, migration, and human rights during a visit to the Vatican on Friday. The Vatican Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development announced the visit on Oct. 8 in a post on its …
What the bishop of El Paso told the vice president on immigration
by Matt Hadro Washington D.C., Jun 25, 2021 / 15:31 pm The bishop of El Paso said the Church must work with the administration on issues that overlap, after attending an immigration roundtable with the vice president on Friday. Bishop Mark Seitz of El Paso was one of a number …
US bishops praise judge’s decision to reinstate DACA, call for path to citizenship
CNA Staff, Dec 9, 2020 / 03:30 am MT (CNA).- The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) applauded a federal judge’s recent decision to restore the full Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, including the resumption of new applicants. Auxiliary Bishop Mario Dorsonville of Washington, chairman of the USCCB’s …
Archdiocese of Cincinnati Statement for Mayor’s Press Conference
January 30, 2017 Tony Stieritz, Director, Catholic Social Action On behalf of Archbishop Dennis Schnurr, thank you, Mayor Cranley, and thank you, everyone gathered here today. The Catholic Church in the United States has for some time advocated for a comprehensive immigration reform as the true solution to our broken …
