Migrant aid: Faith-based groups on border unswayed after US lawmakers’ call to investigate them
ALEJANDRA MOLINA, of Religion News Service, reports on the response of Catholic Charities USA to accusations they were violating federal law by aiding migrants on the US-Mexico border…
Advocating for Haitians, US faith groups pressure Biden to end Trump-era measure
RNS Rev Myrlande DesRosiers likens what has happened to Haiti in the past few months to Biblical plagues: the mounting death toll of COVID-19, the assassination of the Haitian President and a massive 7.2 magnitude earthquake in August that left thousands dead on the island nation and reduced homes to rubble. And this month, a fourth catastrophe: […]
Christian leaders meet with White House to advocate for social programs, voting rights
Washington DC, US RNS Faith leaders representing a broad spectrum of Christian groups will meet with White House officials on Wednesday to advocate for voting rights and social programs they say protect the poor and vulnerable. The group, which is organised by the advocacy organisation Circle of Protection, includes influential Catholics, leaders of major Black […]
US Catholics affirm seeking asylum is not a crime as Central American caravan draws closer to US border
Three prominent US Catholics have issued a statement affirming that “seeking asylum is not a crime” as a caravan of thousands of Central American migrants heads across Mexico to the US border. In a statement issued this week, Bishop Joe S Vásquez, chairman of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops’ committee on migration, Sean Callahan, president […]