Following papal reforms, Vatican departments are ready to help local bishops
Vatican City RNS In another step aimed at flipping the Catholic Church’s traditional top-down hierarchy, the Vatican has invited bishops facing immigrant crises in their dioceses to call directly on the church department in Rome charged with dealing with immigration issues – a section Pope Francis heads up personally. The Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human […]
Pope urges Italians to have more children, welcome migrants
Matera, ItalyAP Pope Francis travelled to southern Italy on Sunday to close out an Italian church congress that coincided with Italy’s national election, and delivered a message that hit on key domestic campaign issues including immigration. Neither Francis nor his hosts referred to the vote during the open-air Mass, though Italy’s bishops conference had earlier […]
Fewer than half of Americans may be Christian by 2070, according to new projections
United StatesRNS America has long prided itself on being a country where people can choose whatever religion they like. The majority has long chosen Christianity. By 2070, that may no longer be the case. If current trends continue, Christians could make up less than half of the population – and as little as a third […]
Caught in a political battle: Thousands of asylum seekers sent on buses from US border to New York, Washington
BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and ASHRAF KHALIL, of Associated Press, report on how migrants have become caught up in a fight over US immigration policy…
Gun violence: Gang crime looms over election in Sweden as shootings spread
JOHAN AHLANDER and SIMON JOHNSON, of Reuters, report on the role gang violence is playing in Sweden’s September election…
Essay: Crossing the US-Mexico border is deadlier than ever for migrants – here’s why
US-based professor of geography, JOSEPH NEVINS – in an article first published on The Conversation, explores the reasons behind the growing number of deaths on the US-Mexico border…
Presbyterian Church in America votes to leave National Association of Evangelicals
United StatesRNS Commissioners for the Presbyterian Church in America approved a motion to leave the National Association of Evangelicals on Wednesday at the PCA’s General Assembly in Birmingham, Alabama. It’s the third time in the past decade the theologically conservative Presbyterian denomination has considered a measure to leave the association, an umbrella organisation of 40 […]
UK court allows first migrant deportation flight to Rwanda
London, UKReuters Judges in London have thrown out last-ditch bids by human rights groups and campaigners to stop Britain sending its first flight of asylum seekers to Rwanda on Tuesday, a plan the United Nations’ refugee chief described as “catastrophic”. As part of an £120-million deal with Rwanda, Britain will send some migrants who arrived […]
Prince Charles calls UK’s Rwanda migrants policy ‘appalling’ -reports
London, UKReuters Prince Charles has privately described the British government’s plans to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda as “appalling”, two media reports said, as the first flight taking refugees to the East African country is due to leave next week. Charles, heir to the British throne, has been heard criticising the policy, The Times and […]
After pandemic drop, Canada’s detention of immigrants rises again
Toronto, Canada Reuters Canada is locking up more people in immigration detention without charge after the numbers fell during the pandemic, government data obtained by Reuters shows. Authorities cite an overall rise in foreign travelers amid easing restrictions but lawyers say their detained clients came to Canada years ago. Two closed Canadian border checkpoints are seen after it was […]