Immigrants Archives

Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau meets Pope Francis at the Vatican
- Vatican
- May 29, 2017
Less than a week after meeting with President Trump, Pope Francis met with another key leader in North America on Monday May 29, the Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau. Trudeau is called the “anti-Trump” by many, and the meeting featured many points of congruence as well as contested issues, such as euthanasia.
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Detroit to turn former Catholic school into housing for the poor
- Associated Press, Church in the US
- March 26, 2017
In Detroit, city officials are working with the Catholic archdiocese to turn a former Catholic school into housing in a neighborhood where two-thirds of the residents live at or below the poverty level, and where the ethnic mix is dominated by Bangladeshi, African-Americans, Yemeni, Polish and Bosnian families.
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Chaput calls on citizens, legal residents to rally for immigrants
- Church in the US
- March 18, 2017
Archbishop Charles Chaput of Philadelphia is calling on citizens and legal residents to attend a pro-immigrant rally on Sunday, reminding them that “Catholics originally came to this country as poor, often non-English-speaking immigrants seeking a better future.”
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Vatican official urges US, Europe to do more for migrants and refugees

According to Archbishop Silvano Tomasi, former Vatican representative to the UN in Geneva, “There’s no room for compassion fatigue with the Middle East.” He also said that competition for resources between Russia and the U.S. is part of the “root problem” of the conflict in Syria and Iraq.

On immigrants and the poor, Pope Francis walks his talk

Vatican

February 17, 2017

When Pope Francis talks about immigration and building bridges not walls, many react by asking “What is he doing about it?” Here’s a sampling of a few of the most recent initiatives being made by the Vatican to either help migrants or those living in countries at war.