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Mundelein, Ill. — Prayers, the kind only a child can make, were on display on a table of pleas written by migrant children near a small statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe, as bishops from the U.S., Mexico and Central America gathered June 1 in Mundelein. The prelates came together for the first day of an emergency meeting on immigration at Mundelein Seminary outside of Chicago. "Dear God, I ask you that you help me get out of here and that you take care of my mom," read a note written in Spanish...

U.S. bishops came together for the first day of an emergency meeting on immigration at Mundelein Seminary outside of Chicago.

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (CNS) -- The executive director of the Catholic Legal Immigration Network Inc. said she hopes to see the Biden administration use the U.S. vice presidents forthcoming trip to Mexico and Guatemala as opportunity to correct historic wrongs in the region.

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (CNS) -- The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is participating in an emergency meeting with prelates from Central America as well as Vatican representatives June 1 and 2 in Chicago to set forth a path for the U.S. churchs response to immigration.

At a recent news conference, the Vatican denounced UK immigration rules as it announced plans for the 107th World Day of Migrants and Refugees. The event, set to take place on September 26, will be around the theme ‘Toward an Even Wider We’, with the Migrants and Refugee section at the Vatican spearheading the campaign.   Speakers at the news conference addressed the challenges immigrants and refugees face, whether at the US southern border with Mexico or the UK, highlighting specifically ...

Ceidy, an asylum-seeking migrant mother from Guatemala, kisses her 3-month-old baby Bridget while waiting to be escorted by the U.S. Border Patrol agents after crossing the Rio Grande into Roma, Texas, April 7, 2021. (CNS/Reuters/Go Nakamura) Vatican City — As countries become more culturally and ethnically diverse, their Catholic communities become more "catholic" and their societies can increasingly reflect the fact that all people are brothers and sisters, Pope Francis sa...

A priest elevates the host during a Mass at St. Patricks Cathedral in New York City in 2020. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz) VATICAN CITY (RNS) — As some American bishops discuss the possibility of denying Communion to Catholic politicians such as President Joe Biden for supporting abortion-rights policies, a senior Vatican prelate said decisions about administering the sacrament rest solely on the bishop giving the Eucharist. “It’s not up to bishops in general to make these decisions, it�...

May 6, 2021 Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY – As countries become more culturally and ethnically diverse, their Catholic communities become more "catholic" and their societies can increasingly reflect the fact that all people are brothers and sisters, Pope Francis said. "In encountering the diversity of foreigners, migrants and refugees, and in the intercultural dialogue that can emerge from this encounter, we have an opportunity to grow as church and to enrich one another," the pope w...

Vatican prelate says individual bishops have final say on Communion ‘It’s not up to bishops in general to make these decisions. It’s the bishop of the person,’ said Cardinal Michael Czerny. But at least one canon lawyer argues that when it comes to Communion for heads of state, it should really be up to the pope himself. Photo by Norbert Staudt/Pixabay/Creative Commons May 6, 2021 VATICAN CITY (RNS) — As some American bishops discuss the possibility of denying Communion ...

"Thank you for what you do." "Thank you for having me. Thank you for what you say and what you do. Without you we also would not be able to do our work."  Filippo Grandi is the head of the UN Refugee Agency. He often works in countries experiencing a migration crisis.  During his visit to the Vatican he offered his praise to Pope Francis and his defense of the dignity of refugees.  The UN Refugee Agency is in constant communication with the Migrants and Refugees Section of the Holy See, esta...