Evelio Menjivar-Ayala, currently auxiliary bishop in the archdiocese of Washington D.C., has urged Americans to stand up for their immigrant neighbors Pope Leo XIV’s pick to lead West Virginia Catholics is a prelate who was at one time an undocumented immigrant. Evelio Menjivar-Ayala, who has served as an auxiliary...
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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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Following the death of Pope Francis last April, many Catholics and observers in the United States and around the world wondered if his successor would be as vocal as the late pontiff on the issues that concerned him, particularly when it comes to the treatment of immigrants and refugees...
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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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