Immigrants

In the spotlight: Eucharistic Congress in Italy, protests in Russia, Hurricane Fiona, ‘Little Amal’

The cathedral stop was one of 55 New York events welcoming the puppet over a three-week period that began Sept. 14 and ends Oct. 2 and is titled “Little Amal Walks NYC.”

“The network we are building will provide a way for the many people who want to help newcomers in their community to accompany them and to advocate for migrants, refugees and those seeking asylum in the United States,” Joan Rosenhauer, executive director of JRS/USA, said.

The proposed regulations threaten the Catholic Church’s ability “to carry out our healing ministries and others to practice medicine,” said a July 27 joint statement issued by the chairmen of the U.S. bishops’ committees on pro-life activities, domestic policy, marriage and family life, and religious liberty.

The resettlement ministry has welcomed more than 1,000 newcomers since October.

Farmworkers and farmers alike are at risk of being thrust into poverty and disease due to the market power of a concentrated agriculture industry, according to a new study.

As the cause for canonization of Jesuit Father Eusebio Francisco Kino — popularly referred to as “Padre Kino” and known as the “Padre on Horseback” — continues to progress, a small group from Arizona visited the famed missionary’s remains in Magdalena de Kino, Mexico, to create third-class relics for distribution.

The policy in question is the Migrant Protection Protocols, or MPP, which requires asylum-seekers to stay in Mexico until their cases can be heard in U.S. immigration courts.