Articles on this issue "immigration"
The president of the US bishops' conference says "now is the time” to fix the nation’s broken immigration system. Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York said this Monday at a press conference, …
read moreThe introduction of bipartisan legislation to reform the US immigration system is a step in the right direction, says a US bishops' representative, while clarifying that the episcopal …
read moreThe Commission on the Status of Women, established by the United Nations in 1946, finished its annual meetings (4-14 March 2013) in New York. State representatives were gathered together …
read moreHere is the text of an address given last week by Los Angeles' Archbishop José Gomez to the American Jewish Committee at the Sephardic Temple Tifereth Israel in Los Angeles. The title of the …
read moreBenedict XVI called the year of faith to focus in part on the new evangelization. On mainland Europe many Christian structures still exist, even if they are abandoned. But what about the …
read moreThe Catholic commitment to the dignity of the immigrant comes from exactly the same roots as our commitment to the dignity of the unborn child.Any Catholic who truly understands his or her …
read moreBenedict XVI received Guatemalan President Otto Pérez on Saturday for a 25-minute meeting that will be one of the last encounters between Benedict XVI and a world leader. The president, who …
read moreArchbishop José Gomez of Los Angeles, chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Migration, welcomed principles set forth this week by a group of eight U.S. Senators as a blueprint for reform …
read moreResponding to recent bipartisan support for immigration reform in the US, Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles, California called upon President Obama and congressional leadership "to work …
read moreHere is the statement released by Archbishop Jose Gomez of Los Angeles on Immigration Reform given at the Fall General Assembly of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. * * * In …
read moreHere is a text of the address Benedict XVI gave today to U.S. bishop of Regions 14 and 15, in Rome for their ad limina visit. * * * Dear Brother Bishops, I greet all of you with fraternal …
read moreThe bishops of Acapulco are urging the governments of Mexico and the United States to work together to solve the problems resulting from migration and arms trafficking that negatively affect …
read moreThe Church is in favor of "orderly immigration" and immigration reform, the archbishop of Denver is affirming during National Migration Week. Archbishop Charles Chaput discussed the annual …
read moreThe bishops directly affected by immigration in the Americas are asking that the human dignity of migrants be respected. This was one of the appeals that came from a meeting of episcopal …
read moreA Vatican official said today's celebration of International Refugee Day is an occasion to reaffirm the Church's social doctrine. Cardinal Renato Martino, president of the Pontifical Council …
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