“A lot of our work this year at the Capitol is going to focus on education regarding issues that remain of continuing concern,” said MCC executive director Jason Adkins.
School choice, assisted suicide, affordable housing among MCC priorities
The Big Question: What does it really mean to be pro-life?
Three people discuss the challenges in supporting and protecting the range of pro-life values.
Bishops listen to grim landscape of policy on the immigration front
In a wide-ranging report on immigration Nov. 12, U.S. bishops heard a grim landscape facing immigrants and refugees trying to find shelter in the United States.
Bishops visit parish programs in Texas helped by Catholic Home Missions
With much national attention focused along the U.S.-Mexico border, members of the U.S. bishops’ Subcommittee on Catholic Home Missions visited three programs in the Diocese of El Paso that have been funded by the Catholic Home Mission Appeal.
With political will, countries can meet needs of refugees, speakers say
The plight of the world’s refugees will be solved by politics, not by appeals to conscience or awareness of the tremendous scope of the issue, said speakers at an Oct. 17 New York symposium on migration.
Immigrant college students describe uncertain road ahead
A panel, “Undocumented and Unafraid: Student Activism in the Era of Deportation,” discussed experiencing firsthand the uncertainty and turmoil many immigrants deal with on a regular basis..
A day of visiting the unwelcome, and a call to give them hope
The Sept. 23-27 pastoral visit, sponsored by various offices of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and other national organizations, aimed to highlight the church’s ministry to migrants, the border conditions and immigration laws affecting them, and their material and spiritual needs.
Book provides Judeo-Christian perspective on host-migrant issues
Whether biblical lessons will smooth over the current polarization among Christians and U.S. society remains to be seen. Meanwhile, this book is a good starting point.