Migrants
California bishops back migrants fearing mass deportation in Guadalupe message
OSV News
December 13, 2024
(OSV News) — As President-elect Donald Trump threatens to enact “the largest deportation” in U.S. history, California’s Catholic bishops have issued a message of support for migrants, invoking the protection of Our Lady of Guadalupe for them on her Dec. 12 feast. ...
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Catholic groups advocate for immigrants amid new administration, Congress
OSV News
November 22, 2024
Catholic organizations have reiterated their "solidarity with immigrants" and shared what the first 100 days of a second Trump administration may bring on immigration policy.
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The Holy Family Was a Family of Refugees
Patricia Breen McNeil
September 29, 2024
September 29 is known as the World Day of Migrants and Refugees. May we not forget what the Holy Family endured while finding ways to work for greater justice for those fleeing their country.
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Mealtime Prayer
Christopher Heffron
September 21, 2024
Consider for a moment the many hands that made the plate of food in front of you possible.
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Raleigh Catholics strive to accompany migrant farmworkers
OSV News
September 9, 2024
The words, "God walks with his people," encapsulate what many volunteers try to show farmworkers in the Diocese of Raleigh through their visits.
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New study on Catholic attitudes on migrants, immigration and refugees
OSV News
August 21, 2024
The Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA), affiliated with Georgetown University, last month published a study on Catholic attitudes toward immigration, migrants, and refugees.
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Pope to U.S.: Migration policies built on force, not truth, ‘will end badly’
Pope Francis has urged U.S. Catholics and people of goodwill to not give in to “narratives” that discriminate against and cause unnecessary suffering to migrants and refugees.