migrants
Iraqi baby buried as death toll in EU-Belarus crisis grows
By Vanessa Gera — November 24, 2021
Poland has ordered a state of emergency along its border to stop migrants from coming through, and to keep family — or smugglers — from approaching the border to facilitate their travel further west.
Polish Muslim leader helps feed migrants and soldiers
By Adam Pemble and Matthias Schrader — November 15, 2021
Maciej Szczęsnowicz said, "We are supposed to help everybody who entered the Polish border. Everybody, yes, because they are human."
Pope urges European solidarity with migrants amid new crisis
By Associated Press — November 11, 2021
He said the diversity they're bringing to the continent is renewing European cities as a “beautiful mosaic, which should not be scarred or corrupted with prejudices or hatred.”
Vatican denounces UK laws regulating immigration, calls for ‘a wider we’
By Claire Giangravé — May 6, 2021
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — During a news conference announcing the 107th World Day of Migrants and Refugees, speakers criticized recent moves made by United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson to regulate the influx of immigrants in the country.
Vatican makes moral case for supporting people displaced by climate change
By Claire Giangravé — March 30, 2021
(RNS) — Local Catholic groups are invited in a new Vatical document to establish ‘solidarity networks’ to ensure migrants’ dignity ‘in all phases of displacement.’
Pope’s new book speaks to Americans on racism, immigration and gender equity
By Thomas Reese — December 9, 2020
(RNS) — Readers will be surprised how relevant the book’s message is to American Catholics and the country’s leaders.
Federal judge accepts religious liberty defense of immigrant rights activists
By Jack Jenkins — February 4, 2020
(RNS) — U.S. District Judge Rosemary Márquez argued that not only are the activists' beliefs sincerely held, but also that prosecuting them amounts to a substantial burden on their faith.
To help migrants and deported people, Latina Muslims seek to open Tijuana shelter
By Alejandra Molina — October 31, 2019
(RNS) — A group of Latina Muslims in San Diego is raising money to build a shelter across the border in Tijuana, Mexico, to not only assist the surge of migrants there, but also to help those who are deported from the United States.
At Border Mosque, a Muslim prayer is shared across the US-Mexico divide
By Alejandra Molina — October 28, 2019
PLAYAS DE TIJUANA, Mexico (RNS) — Imam Omar Suleiman led a binational prayer Sunday (Oct. 27) at Friendship Park, a historic meeting place on the US-Mexico border that overlooks the Pacific Ocean between San Diego and Tijuana.
Latino Catholic leaders head to border for teach-in and public action
By Alejandra Molina — October 10, 2019
(RNS) — Theologians, educators and activists from across the country are responding to changes in the border crisis brought on by a new policy for asylum-seekers.
It took 12 years, but this Coachella community is getting a new church
By Alejandra Molina — October 2, 2019
COACHELLA, Calif. (RNS) — Parishioners of Our Lady of Soledad Catholic Church in the city of Coachella will soon see their offerings materialize into a new church that will accommodate 1,200 people.
New cardinals: The men are the message
By Thomas Reese — September 12, 2019
(RNS) — By making these men cardinals, the pope is handing them megaphones.
Coalition of 850 religious leaders backs lawsuit against DHS surveillance of pastor
By Aysha Khan — July 25, 2019
(RNS) — Manhattan pastor Kaji Douša filed a federal lawsuit accusing U.S. officials of violating her religious liberty by detaining and surveilling her over her border ministry. Now, more than 850 clergy members are standing in support of her.
With more migrants stalled in Mexico, Baptists may play larger role on border
By Jack Jenkins — July 12, 2019
(RNS) — Waves of Baptist volunteers from across the Mid- and Southwest have flooded Texas in recent weeks to offer aid to the influx of largely Central American migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.
Catholic Extension issues statement on mistreatment of migrants in El Paso
By RNS Press Release Distribution Service — December 28, 2018
“Lady Liberty is embarrassed.” In the last few days, the U.S. government has given a new interpretation to the meaning of the inscription on the Statue of Liberty for migrants entering our country, seeking legal asylum under U.S. law. After being held for days in detention with little to eat or drink and insufficient medical […]
