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Guatemalan cardinal to visit Mississippi after migrant raids

Dec 15, 2019

A Guatemalan cardinal who advocates for migrants will visit Mississippi following immigration raids last summer that prompted 680 arrests.

By Associated Press

U.S. brother beatified on soccer fields of Guatemalan school he served

Dec 9, 2019

Christian Brother James Miller taught students and served as a vice principal at the La Sallian Christian Brothers school in this impoverished pocket of rural Guatemala. He also helped oversee a boarding home for male students from the surrounding indigenous communities.

By David Agren

Work on Wisconsin farm prepared slain brother for service in Guatemala

Dec 1, 2019

Before donning the habit of a Christian Brother in 1962, Brother James Miller wore the bib overalls of a Wisconsin farm boy.

By Sam Lucero

New asylum rules ignore plight of Central Americans, Catholic leaders say

Nov 25, 2019

Two Catholic leaders expressed concern with the federal government’s plan to send Central Americans who want asylum in the U.S. to Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador where they would be required to apply for U.S. asylum while in one of those countries.

By Catholic News Service

Minnesota high school prepares for beatification of one of its own

Nov 23, 2019

A man who scrubbed toilets and shoveled sidewalks at Cretin-Derham Hall High School is on his way to becoming a saint, and the school is celebrating his beatification by elevating his presence on campus and connecting students to his legacy.

By Christina Capecchi, CNS

Guatemalan bishops’ ministry: Bad idea to send asylum-seekers to jungle

Nov 21, 2019

The Guatemalan bishops’ migrant ministry has rejected talk of the U.S. and Guatemalan governments sending asylum-seekers to a remote and rugged jungle region rife with drug cartel activities. The bishops said conditions there are not secure for Guatemalan citizens, much less migrants.

By David Agren