migrants
At least 30 faith leaders arrested in border protest
By Jack Jenkins — December 11, 2018
(RNS) — As demonstrators knelt in the sand, they sang, 'Rise up my people, my condors, my eagles! No human being will ever be illegal!'
Faith groups in Tijuana rise to meet needs of migrant caravan waiting at the border
By Jair Cabrera Torres — December 4, 2018
TIJUANA, Mexico (RNS) — In a border city overwhelmed with more than 6,000 asylum-seekers, one group had bulked up its meal program to serve more than 1,200 breakfasts a day.
Keep kids with parents at border — and remember how we got here
By Tony Perkins — June 28, 2018
(RNS) — If the executive order survives the courts, it will undoubtedly be more compassionate than previous policies, which enticed parents and other adults attempting illegal crossings to subject children to the dangers of the desert, the division of families and even death.
Trinidad and Tobago Catholics aid Venezuelan migrants amid government crackdown
By Melissa Williams-Sambrano — June 18, 2018
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago (RNS) — Following the April deportation, Archbishop of Port of Spain Charles Jason Gordon spoke out against the government’s treatment of Venezuelans and other refugees. He warned citizens against being 'stingy' — and his new initiative is anything but.
Trinidad and Tobago Catholics come to aid of Venezuelan refugees
By Melissa Williams-Sambrano — June 18, 2018
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago (RNS) — Following the April deportation, Archbishop of Port of Spain Charles Jason Gordon spoke out against the government’s treatment of Venezuelans and other refugees. He warned citizens against being 'stingy' — and his new initiative is anything but.
Pope on Christmas: Bethlehem trek’s like today’s migrations
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — December 24, 2017
(AP) — Migrants are 'surviving the Herods of today' who shed innocent blood to impose their power, Pope Francis said.
Pope paints a picture of Sweden at odds with Trump’s
By Josephine McKenna — February 28, 2017
VATICAN CITY (RNS) In an interview with a homeless magazine, Pope Francis suggested wealthy nations are partly to blame for the migrant crisis and urged Europeans and others to stand 'in the shoes' of those arriving at their borders.
Trump border wall challenges America’s moral values: Catholic theologian
By Josephine McKenna — February 3, 2017
VATICAN CITY (RNS) The president’s proposed wall with Mexico would hurt the poor the most. says a leading Catholic theologian.
Christmas reminds us that Jesus was a migrant like today’s refugees, says Pope Francis
By Josephine McKenna — December 9, 2016
VATICAN CITY (RNS) The pontiff made his remarks as he officially opened this year’s Christmas Nativity scene in St. Peter’s Square.
Greek hospitality is put to a religious test
By Jerome Socolovsky — November 2, 2016
ATHENS, Greece (RNS) Greece has won high praise for its hospitality toward migrants who have passed through on their way to other parts of Europe. But some are putting down roots in what is one of the most homogeneous Christian nations in the world, where national identity has long been intricately linked to religion.
Who is the archbishop Pope Francis sends into the streets to help Rome’s migrants?
By Josephine McKenna — October 5, 2016
ROME (RNS) He is Konrad Krajewski, 'Don Corrado,' as he is known, and he is nothing like a typical Vatican official. But there's only so much even he, and the pontiff, can do to help these refugees.
Top Anglican archbishop: Fear of refugees ‘entirely reasonable’
By Trevor Grundy — March 11, 2016
CANTERBURY, England (RNS) The archbishop also rejected as "absolutely outrageous" claims that people worried about refugees were racist.
Pope talks about gays, annulments in new book
By Rosie Scammell — January 10, 2016
(RNS) Of gays, the pope said. "...Let us not forget that God loves all his creatures and we are destined to receive his infinite love."
Refugees from war and persecution speak of hopes for 2016
By Reuters — December 29, 2015
Those who fled are grateful to be alive. Yet, said one, "2016 may be different in some ways, but the truth is the trauma remains."
Some heed Pope Francis’ call to succor refugees; others look away
By Reuters — December 22, 2015
Arms have opened wide in some places, but indifference, bureaucracy, fear and xenophobia have reared their heads elsewhere, particularly after the attack by Islamic militants who killed 130 people in Paris last month.
