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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Migrants and refugees are “messengers of hope” and a “true divine blessing” in a world often “darkened by war and injustice,” Pope Leo XIV said in his most extensive remarks on migration since his election to the papacy in May. “Indeed, they demonstrate this daily through their resilience and...
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Pope Francis, the first Latin American and first Jesuit to ascend to the papacy, died on Monday, April 21, at the age of 88. The pope had been hospitalized for weeks after contracting double pneumonia and various infections, and was released last month. Just this past weekend, on Easter...
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Mar 30, 2016
Earlier today we shared Univision journalist Jorge Ramos’s must-read column about Sophie Cruz, the young girl who captured our hearts during Pope Francis’s US tour late last year. We always knew that the Pope’s visit to the United States would touch on immigration, but Sophie’s heroic actions that day...
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“How long until Donald Trump insults the Pope?” tweeted Buzzfeed’s Dominic Holden during the Pontiff’s US tour back in September. Well, the answer to that question is about five months, apparently. A steaming-mad Trump unleashed on the religious leader after Pope Francis singled out the Republican Presidential candidate for...
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US officials and leaders welcomed Pope Francis’s historic visit to the US/Mexico border yesterday, where he laid a bouquet of flowers for the thousands who have perished attempting to make a better life for themselves in the north. The messages from officials and leaders welcoming the Pope’s historic return...
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And as a party that likes power, shouldn’t the GOP halt their sprint to the far right on immigration? Yesterday Pope Francis celebrated mass at the U.S.-Mexican border, calling for compassion and human decency for migrants and asylum seekers. Here are brief excerpts from his moving homily: Here in Ciudad...
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Pope Francis ended his six-day tour of Mexico in a simple but powerful act of compassion, laying a bouquet of flowers at the feet of a large cross symbolizing the 6,000 immigrants who have died attempting to cross the US/Mexico border. In front of the cross were several pairs...
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In what is expected to be one of the most defining moments of his Papacy, Pope Francis will today lay a wreath and pray at the US/Mexico border in memory of the more than 6,000 immigrants who have lost their lives attempting to cross into America. Thousands will be...
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As Pope Francis is set to pray at the Rio Grande tomorrow, a delegation of women and leaders began a day-long pilgrimage from El Paso to Ciudad Juarez today to bring a message of welcome and compassion for the immigrant and refugee. “Last September, we heard the Pope’s message...
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