“The European Union must take in hand a policy of collaboration and help; it cannot leave the responsibility for all the migrants” to the four countries where most arrive by sea: Cyprus, Greece, Italy and Spain, said Pope Francis.
SOS: Pope avoids row with Italy on migration but says lives must be saved
Religious leaders must build community, unity, peace, pope says
“It is our duty to encourage and assist our human family — interdependent yet at the same time disconnected — to sail the sea together,” the pope said Nov. 4
On the border, fears rise of a less welcoming era for asylum-seekers
In October, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced a “parole” program that would welcome up to 24,000 Venezuelans if they applied for entry to the United States but would undergo thorough vetting and had a sponsor who would be economically and otherwise responsible for them in the U.S., among other criteria.
Couple honored for peacebuilding, justice work by Maryknoll Lay Missioners
Maryknoll Lay Missioners honored Merwyn and Kirstin De Mello with its 2022 Bishop John E. McCarthy Spirit of Mission Award on World Mission Sunday, Oct. 23.
A new book looks at Christianity’s roots in migration
Father Daniel Groody, who has been a consultant on migration matters for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, said that to look at the history of the early church is to see the foundations of the church “as fundamentally migrant.”
Nation/World news briefs: Oct. 24, 2022
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Perceptions of migrants are in the political crosshairs ahead of midterms
“In recent days and weeks, we have witnessed the troubling convergence of our broken immigration system and the political divisions of our time being inflicted upon men, women, and children seeking refuge in our country,” said Washington Auxiliary Bishop Mario Dorsonville, chairmen of the USCCB’s Committee on Migration.
Refusal to help migrants is ‘sinful, criminal,’ pope says at canonization
The refusal to help desperate migrants “is revolting, it’s sinful, it’s criminal,” Pope Francis said as he canonized a bishop dedicated to assisting migrants and a Salesian brother who had immigrated with his family to Argentina.