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The Catholic bishops of El Paso and Juarez on Monday called on border residents to keep their hearts open to the thousands of migrants who risk life and limb coming to the border.
The U.S. is no longer a "safe haven" for people fleeing religious persecution, according to a new report noting massive declines in U.S. arrivals by Christian, Jewish and Muslim refugees, among others.
Bishop Seitz referenced the Holy Family’s flight to Egypt, in which the child Christ, the Blessed Mother, and St. Joseph were forced to flee to Egypt when Kin...
"Angels Unawares," a work by Timothy Schmalz on The Catholic University of America's campus, depicts 140 immigrants. / Credit: Peter Pinedo/CNA Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 15, 2023 / 19:10 pm (CNA). The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops is highlighting the overlooked right to remain in one’s country during its weeklong celebration of National Migration Week from Sept. 18–24. “For millennia, people have been forced to flee their homelands, seeking safety and security, because of factors beyond their control,” El Paso Bishop Mark J. Seitz, ...
Unaccompanied minors, a pandemic and politics mix at the border Mar 16, 2021 catholic news service Migrant children from Central America take refuge from the rain in the back of a U.S. Border Patrol vehicle in Penitas, Texas, March 14, 2021, as they await to be transported after crossing the Rio Grande River into the United States. (Credit: Adrees Latif/Reuters via CNS.) Over 8,500 unaccompanied migrant teens and children are now in shelters under the auspices of the Department of Health and Human Services, waiting for relatives or sponsors living in the U.S. to claim them. For the past month...