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Black Catholic administrators call out treatment of Haitians at border

A group of Black Catholic administrators is calling on "Catholic leaders to do something, to say something" about undertones of racism they say is playing out in the treatment of Haitians at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Mozambique’s first Indigenous cardinal dies at 97

The Catholic Church's second oldest cardinal and first Indigenous cardinal of Mozambique died Sept. 29 at the age of 97.

Catholics asked to ‘move from indifference to solidarity’ with migrants

Auxiliary Bishop Mario E. Dorsonville of Washington urged people to take up Pope Francis' invitation to "move from indifference to solidarity" to be better understand the plight of migrant people and refugees around the world.

Bishops urge Mexico to return to policy of ‘open arms’

The Mexican bishops' migrant ministry has called on the federal government to return to a policy of "open arms" as the country experiences heavy waves of migration -- most visibly with Haitians, who recently traveled the length of Mexico to the U.S. border in large numbers.

Migrants, advocates gather at border, call on Biden to ‘save our asylum’

More than 200 supporters gathered on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border near Nogales, Arizona, Sept. 25, the eve of the World Day of Migrants and Refugees, to accompany 25 families seeking asylum in the United States.

‘Human mobility’ is reality all local churches must address, says cardinal

Just as the "perilous state of the natural and social environments" drove Pope Francis to speak of "our one, shared common home," so too does the worldwide aspect of migration "and desperate flight," a Vatican official told a Chicago conference Sept. 21.

Discontent grows among Biden’s immigration allies over migrant treatment

For months, the Biden administration has been publicly hammering an unwelcoming message to those trying to enter the U.S. illegally at the southernmost part of the country: "The border is closed."

Vatican: Racial, religious bigotry leads to human rights violations

World leaders must commit to rooting out the evil of racism, xenophobia and racial discrimination through meaningful legislation and action, said Archbishop Paul R. Gallagher, Vatican foreign minister.

South Sudan church leaders frustrated by lack of progress in nuns’ murders

One month after two Catholic sisters were executed on a road in South Sudan, their killers remain unidentified, and church leaders are losing patience with an apparent lack of progress in resolving the murder.

Bishop praises House members for proposing citizenship path for immigrants

The U.S. bishops' migration committee chairman Sept. 15 welcomed a move by House members to include language in the $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation bill to provide a pathway to U.S. citizenship for beneficiaries of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program and other immigrants.