by Ángel Flores Fontánez | Nov 25, 2019 | Faith & Politics, Immigration, Justice, Race, US Bishops ~ Approx. 4 mins
(Haga clic aqui para español.) On October 13, two months after the deadly shooting at a Walmart in the city of El Paso, bishop Mark Joseph Seitz published a pastoral letter about racism from the standpoint of the people in the borderlands: Night Will Be No More, A...
by Daniel Mascarenhas, SJ | Oct 28, 2019 | Faith & Politics, Immigration, In the News, Justice ~ Approx. 4 mins
A response to “Should A Catholic Support Immigration Reform?” by Brian Strassburger, S.J. Do we need immigration reform? Absolutely yes. Despite the presence of deep political and ideological divisions in this country, nearly everyone agrees that we need a better...
by Brian Strassburger, SJ | Oct 11, 2019 | Faith & Politics, Global Catholicism, Immigration, Justice ~ Approx. 7 mins
[This is a response to an article written by Daniel Mascarenhas, S.J. on September 30th titled “Should A Catholic Support the Border Wall?”] Should a Catholic support the border wall? If all we are talking about is a border wall, we are missing the main problem. The...
by Marco Machado | Oct 9, 2019 | Blogs, Immigration, Justice, Spirituality ~ Approx. 4 mins
Migrants from many different places come to the desert in Nogales, Arizona looking for a way to provide for their families. They come running away from their beloved homeland because crime, unemployment, and lack of opportunities have made their lives unbearable. Many...
by Daniel Mascarenhas, SJ | Sep 30, 2019 | Faith & Politics, Global Catholicism, Immigration, Justice ~ Approx. 5 mins
The Bible asks me to welcome the stranger. My dad, however, always told me to lock the doors at night. The Bible often exhorts to go above and beyond our duty of giving to others what is due and invites us to love God’s people. However, we still lock our doors at...
