The late Pope Francis, who died last April at the age of 88 following an illness, was a stalwart defender of the rights, dignity, and humanity of immigrants and refugees. A new joint effort by a Catholic parish and local service providers in southern California is living up to...
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From delivering groceries to families who can’t leave their homes to patrolling the streets as part of ICE watches, Minneapolis neighbors and community members are coming to each other’s aid – and inspiring the rest of us. Since December, Iglesia Dios Habla Hoy, which serves the area’s Latino community...
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Americans refused to give in to the Trump administration’s hate and stepped up to defend immigrant community members. Let’s carry that energy into the new year While the Trump administration’s anti-immigrant agenda has been ruthless in attempting to spread fear, chaos, and division across our neighborhoods, communities, and spirit...
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We are living in a time that demands moral clarity. Now more than ever, we should be thankful that so many Americans of faith are meeting the moment by standing with immigrant families, showing that compassion and justice should guide our communities, not cruelty and chaos. Several of these...
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“If the Holy Family had been in Charlotte two weeks ago, they would have been putting the baby Jesus in handcuffs because he wouldn’t have his papers,” said one faith leader Churches in Illinois, Massachusetts, and North Carolina are using nativity scenes that have traditionally depicted the birth of...
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It was never about keeping us safe 2025 has proven once and for all that the Trump administration’s anti-immigrant obsessions were never about law and order or reforming an outdated immigration system, but instead about using the issue of immigration to root out anyone deemed undesirable by mass deportation...
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Father Gary Graf, known as Father Gary, sought to honor our immigrant neighbors one step at a time This week, Father Gary Graf, a Catholic priest from Chicago, made his long-awaited arrival to the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor, completing a 800-mile walk that began at the...
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From buying out food vendors’ products to blowing whistles in order to warn about immigration agents, Americans are finding new and creative ways to defend immigrant communities From Seattle to Los Angeles to Chicago and most recently Charlotte, Americans have been coming together to find ways to help shield...
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Trump suggests during a 60 Minutes interview that his violent and unaccountable mass deportation agenda targeting immigrants and U.S. citizens alike should go even further During the past several weeks alone, we’ve seen mass deportation agents operate with an accelerated ruthlessness and impunity. These masked agents have not even...
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More than 200 clergy members from an array of Christian traditions have issued a stinging rebuke of the Trump administration’s mass deportation agenda. Writing in an open letter, the faith leaders declared that actions by U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and ICE agents are “immoral,” “are...
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