Church members of the CityWell United Methodist Church and others from the US state of North Carolina community sought to physically block the arrest of an immigrant, Oliver-Bruno. They surrounded a government van and refused to move, singing Amazing Grace and chanting, “Let your people go!” Read more
Posts Tagged ‘Immigration’
The other scandal
Monday, September 10th, 2018
The Pope’s popularity in Italy has dropped from 88 percent in 2013 to 71 percent in 2018. But you’d be mistaken to think that the decline has to do with Archbishop Viganò’s charge that Francis had covered-up for Cardinal McCarrick. The poll was taken before that story broke. According to the poll’s author, much of Read more
How liberals got lost on the story of missing children at the border
Thursday, June 21st, 2018
Over the weekend, you may have seen a horrifying story: Almost 1,500 migrant children were missing, and feared to be in the hands of human traffickers. The Trump administration lost track of the children, the story went, after separating them from their parents at the border. The news spread across liberal social media — with Read more
Reflecting on Pope Francis’ 2018 New Year Message
Thursday, February 8th, 2018
On behalf of the world’s often unwanted refugees and migrants, Pope Francis in his Jan. 1 World Day of Peace message titled “Migrants and Refugees: Men and Women in Search of Peace” pleads: “In a spirit of compassion, let us embrace all those fleeing from war and hunger, or forced by discrimination, persecution, poverty and Read more
Immigration: N Z has the fastest growing population in OECD
Thursday, October 12th, 2017
The word immigration is likely to spark a reaction, depending which side of the welcoming gate you stand. On Sunday, Duncan Garner faced a torrent of abuse, including being labelled a racist, following a column calling for New Zealand to curb immigration. Winston Peters and his party, NZ First, want to cut the number of people coming into the country – Read more
Steve Bannon: Church “terrible” to Trump; Church says Bannon’s preposterous
Monday, September 11th, 2017
Cardinal Timothy Dolan says claims by Steve Bannon that US Catholic bishops are only advocating for immigrants “for economic benefit and to fill pews” are “preposterous and rather insulting.” Bannon, who is a former adviser to president Trump, says he believes the church has been “terrible” to Mr. Trump on the issue of immigration. He Read more
Immigration advocate who has performed abortions speaks at parish forum
Monday, July 31st, 2017A woman who says she has carried out 10,000 abortions was a key speaker last week at an Italian parish forum sponsored by local officials of Caritas Italiana. Parishioners protesting at her inclusion in the forum were removed from the audience. Emma Bonino’s advocacy for immigrants and refugees has prompted Pope Francis to praise her Read more
Church leaders discuss concerns with the Prime Minister
Monday, May 22nd, 2017
Cardinal John Dew was one of a group of church leaders who met with the Prime Minister and Government ministers to ask for more action in the areas of immigration, housing and social investment. Their views are influenced by the experience of their church congregations and church based social agencies in most New Zealand communities. Read more
Cardinal Joseph Tobin slams US immigration policies
Thursday, May 18th, 2017American Cardinal Joseph Tobin has criticised President Donald Trump’s immigration policies. He has called on American Catholic leaders to resist the Trump administration’s views. He says “you really have to believe in inflicting cruelty on innocent people to choose to support the policies we’ve seen in recent months.” Read more
America’s bishops call for compassion and family unity
Monday, March 13th, 2017
America’s bishops are calling for compassion and family unity in the face of President Donald Trump’s immigration laws. Archbishop Gomez, who is the vice president of the U.S Conference of Catholic Bishops, said immigration is the “human rights test of our time”. Commenting on Trump’s immigration laws, he said having a policy that solely focuses Read more