Eleven years into this ministry, Sister Norma Pimentel sees the same stumbling blocks that prevent us from seeing migrants with eyes of compassion and having a fruitful, heart-driven dialogue about immigration. “I do find that politics is getting in the way,” says Sister Norma. “It’s almost as if politicians have found a way—a platform—to use this crisis and all this human suffering as something you’re either for or against.” This is a false—and dangerous—choice in her mind.
“It should be very much a part of who we are as people: defending life, protecting humanity, and making sure that we as a world, as humanity as a whole, can stand up and defend the most vulnerable and fragile people who are simply asking for a chance in life.”
—from St. Anthony Messenger’s “Sister Norma Pimentel’s Mission“
by Daniel Imwalle
