sanctuary Archives

Hunger strikers in D.C. want sanctuary churches in every American diocese
- Church in the US
- August 23, 2017
Hunger strikers at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., including an 87-year-old nun, are asking that the Archdiocese of Washington and every other Catholic diocese in America open at least one parish church as a sanctuary for undocumented immigrants facing the risk of deportation or other legal challenges.
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Archdiocese tells workers to ask ICE agents for warrants
- Associated Press, Church in the US
- May 28, 2017
Catholic churches across the United States have bee trying to decide upon the best course of action in protecting their parishioners who may fall into the hands of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, ICE. In Albuquerque, for example, employees of the diocese have been given specific instructions on what to do in a raid.
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Immigrants are seeking sanctuary in U.S. churches
- Interviews
- March 30, 2017
Undocumented immigrants in the United States are turning to churches for help. The sanctuary church movement is a controversial way some congregations are trying to protect immigrants from deportation.
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Newark archbishop leading rally for man facing deportation

Several dozen clergy members, including Cardinal Joseph Tobin, leader of New Jersey’s largest Roman Catholic archdiocese, led a rally for supporters of Catalino Guerrero who is facing possible deportation ahead of a meeting with federal immigration authorities in New Jersey.

Is it time for Catholic Churches to become sanctuaries?

Commentary

February 24, 2017

Christianity was born amid serious church/state conflict, and bishops have already set the precedent that sometimes one has to choose the Gospel over civil law. Such a time may be looming again, if Catholic churches are forced to stand up to mass deportations by offering immigrants sanctuary.