September 23, 2026

Memorial of Saint Pius of Pietrelcina, Priest

Immigration

COVID-19’s wrath among factors spurring migrants to U.S.-Mexico border

A recent surge of Haitian migrants near the U.S. border with Mexico may be a harbinger of the...

Bishop praises Biden administration efforts on refugee admissions

The chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on Migration Oct. 11 praised a plan by...

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...

Miami priests return from Texas; Haitians find temporary home in Florida

Kevin-Jay Metellus, 28 months old, pedaled a toy car around Notre Dame d'Haiti Church's courtyard as his parents...

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...

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...

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...

Two Miami priests hope to visit Haitian migrants in limbo at Texas border

Two senior Haitian American priests from the Archdiocese of Miami planned to travel to Texas Sept. 24 to...

‘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...

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...