In the spotlight: Emancipation monument, Korean War chaplain, violin boat
Photos of the Week: Sept. 27, 2021
January: A month of prayer and action to start the New Year
January has special days, weeks and events for Catholics to focus on.
Catholics urged to ignore rhetoric, help immigrants facing deportation
Catholics have a responsibility to look past the noisy rhetoric of the current debate on immigration and answer the “cry of the poor” by engaging with individuals facing deportation.
Catholic groups decry end of immigration protection for Salvadorans
More than 200,000 Salvadorans, living under a special immigration status in the U.S., now face the prospect of staying in the country illegally or returning to a nation designated as one of the most dangerous in the world not at war, after the U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced Jan. 8 that it was ending a provision called Temporary Protected Status after Sept. 9, 2019.
Bishops still have hope Congress will pass immigration reform
The U.S. Catholic bishops remain hopeful that Congress will pass an immigration reform bill.
Bishops mention immigration policy, heritage in National Migration Week statement
Urging Americans to look at their families for stories of immigration, the president and vice president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops called attention to the hardships and contributions of immigrants to American society as the U.S. church prepared to observe National Migration Week.