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Ahead of the U.S. Catholic Church’s observance of National Migration Week, the U.S. Bishops Conference Migration Chair is reminding Catholics that they are “compelled to respond with charity” to migrants and refugees who are forced to flee their homes.
Thousands of Catholics from various corners of the world gathered in Fátima over the weekend for the annual Pilgrimage of the Migrant and the Refugee, presided over by Archbishop Filomeno Dias Vieira of Luanda. Last year, Bishop Edgar Cunha of Fall River, Massachusetts, led the pilgrimage. Centered around the theme “Empowering Choice: Embrace Migration or […]
WASHINGTON - The Catholic Church in the United States marks National Migration Week (September 19-25) as an opportunity for the faithful to reflect on the circumstances confronting migrants, refugees, and victims of human trafficking, among others. The week-long observation customarily concludes with the Vatican's World Day of Migrants and Refugees (WDMR) on the last Sunday of September. Instituted in 1914, WDMR is an occasion for the world's Catholics to express concern for vulnerable persons on the move, to join together in prayer, and to increase awareness about the opportunities that mig...
WASHINGTON - The Catholic Church in the United States marks National Migration Week (September 19-25) as an opportunity for the faithful to reflect on the circumstances confronting migrants, refugees, and victims of human trafficking, among others. The week-long observation customarily concludes with the Vatican's World Day of Migrants and Refugees (WDMR) on the last Sunday of September. Instituted in 1914, WDMR is an occasion for the world's Catholics to express concern for vulnerable persons on the move, to join together in prayer, and to increase awareness about the opportunities that mig...
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Jesuit Refugee Service/USA has launched the Migrant Accompaniment Network, a nationwide group of volunteers 'who will engage those who have recently arrived in the U.S. with their integration into welcoming communities,' the organization said in a Sept. 14 announcement. 'The network we are building will provide a way for the many people who want to help newcomers in their community to accompany them and to advocate for migrants, refugees and those seeking asylum in the Unite