Migrants

Pope says be close to those ‘abandoned’ like Christ: unborn, migrants

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The unborn, migrants, the elderly and the disabled are “living icons” of Jesus that call Christians to draw close to those who feel abandoned just as Christ did on the cross, Pope Francis said. In his ...
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Migrants from Central America eat at Vino Nuevo church, which gives temporary shelter to migrants released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) due overcrowded facilities, in El Paso, Texas, U.S., April 18, 2019. (OSV News photo/Jose Luis Gonzalez, Reuters)

‘Help us’: Asylum-seekers cling to hope as Title 42 limbo continues

After traveling thousands of miles to flee violence, "Betty" found shelter with the Kino Border Initiative, a Catholic organization that works with migrants in the border town of Nogales, Mexico. She is now waiting.
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Living in Limbo: 10 Years of DACA

When their parents brought them to the United States as children, they were too young to have a say in the matter. Now, as adults, they are advocating for the right to remain in the only country they've ever known.
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Franciscans at the Border

Along treacherous stretches of borderland between the United States and Mexico, Franciscans are working to respond to the humanitarian crisis there with faith and compassion.
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Welcome the Stranger—Every Stranger

Next to abortion, immigration is probably the most divisive issue in our country.
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Father Ruskin Piedra

‘I Was a Stranger and You Welcomed Me’: Father Ruskin Piedra

Filled with passion and energy, 85-year-old Father Ruskin Piedra works tirelessly to support and defend the immigrant community in his Brooklyn parish.
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