Catholic immigration attorney presented at the NCCL online conference looking at the legal and moral committment of asylum issues.
The call to accompany others extends to immigration, says attorney
Emergency multitasking: Vatican says keep all vulnerable in mind
Internally displaced people, those forced to flee their homes, but who do not cross into another country, still often need protection and special assistance, including from the church, said a new Vatican document released May 5.
Experts, advocates alarmed by pandemic’s possible effects on vulnerable
U.N. leaders, humanitarian experts and sister advocates at the United Nations are alarmed by the COVID-19 pandemic’s potential to devastate refugees, migrants, and women and girls already challenged by economic hardship and social disparities.
New book gives refugees’ firsthand accounts of their experiences
Danielle Vella, an official with Jesuit Refugee Service who spent six months collecting the stories of refugees in camps in Africa, Asia, Europe as well as a few who made it to the United States.
Mediterranean must be crossroad of peace, dialogue, pope says
“Amid deep fault lines and economic, religious, confessional and political conflicts, we are called to offer our witness to unity and peace,” the pope said Feb. 23 as he joined 60 bishops from Europe, the Middle East and North Africa at the end of a five-day meeting in the southern Italian coastal city of Bari.
Cathedral students learn about diversity from ‘Green Card Voices’ exhibit
In partnership with Unitecloud, the St. Cloud school is hosting the “Green Card Voices” exhibit through the end of the month. As they go about their day, students see banners featuring the stories of first-generation immigrants and refugees who live and work in central Minnesota.
Irish bishops: Christians must lead by example, welcome migrants
Ireland’s Catholic bishops have criticized the use of intolerant language when it comes to discussions around migration and refugees.
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.