Spotlighted this week: Indonesia earthquake, National Guard at the U.S. Capitol, and the Great Blessing of Water.
Photos of the Week: Jan. 10-17, 2021
U.N. calls for governments to act after shipwreck kills 74 migrants
The U.N. migration agency renewed its call for increased search and rescue efforts after another tragic shipwreck in the Mediterranean Sea claimed the lives of 74 migrant men, women and children.
New caravan of 3,000 migrants forms in Honduras; first during pandemic
Catholic migrant ministries in Guatemala are attending to a caravan that formed in Honduras and is heading northward toward the border with Mexico.
World cannot remain indifferent to migration crisis, pope says
European countries can turn the migration crisis into a “window” of opportunity, dialogue and encounter between migrants and their citizens.
Complicated crossings: Pandemic has not stopped migration
The coronavirus pandemic has complicated the situation of migrants and refugees, but it has not stopped people from seeking safety and a better life abroad.
Vatican official voices support for German abbess who sheltered refugees
Benedictine abbess, Mother Mechthild Thurmer, accused of two counts of “aiding and abetting illegal residents” for letting women seek asylum at her monastery.
Pope: Migrants seeking new life end up instead in ‘hell’ of detention
Pope Francis celebrated Mass in honor of the seventh anniversary of his visit to Lampedusa.
Vatican listens to ‘cry of poor, cry of the Earth’ during pandemic
Pope Francis’ vision of “integral human development” and “integral ecology” involves identifying the connections between the condition of human beings and the condition of the environment.