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.
The public-health order, known as Title 42, allows the United States to bar entry of persons who have recently been in a country where a communicable disease was present.
More than 2.8 million Ukrainians had entered Poland since Russia invaded Ukraine Feb. 24, and his office estimates that about 1.6 million of them plan to stay until they know it is safe to return home.
“Some may question why and how the church supports refugees and migrants, regardless of race, creed or color, but the simple truth is that Christ identifies with those in need,” the committee said.
