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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
- Associated Press, Church in the US
- March 10, 2017
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.
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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.
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