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A Venezuelan family’s Christmas: From the American dream to poverty

Trump administration

Mariela Gmez, right, and her partner Abraham Castro, a Venezuelan migrant couple, sit for Christmas dinner at Castro's parents' home in Maracay, Venezuela, early Thursday, Dec. 25, 2025. The couple abandoned their journey to the United States and returned home from Mexico by land and sea following President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown. (Credit: Matias Delacroix/AP.)

A Venezuelan family’s Christmas: From the American dream to poverty

Dec 26
Matias Delacroix,
Regina Garcia Cano, Associated Press

The archbishop of Miami, Thomas Wenski, raises his hand while addressing a crowd during a panel on immigration at Georgetown University in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. (Credit: Luis Andres Henao/AP.)

White House rebuffs Catholic bishops’ appeal for a Christmas pause in immigration enforcement

Dec 25
David Crary,
Associated Press

Kilmar Abrego Garcia and his wife Jennifer Vasquez Sura leave the United States District Court District of Maryland, Monday, Dec. 22, 2025, in Greenbelt, Md. (Credit: Stephanie Scarbrough/AP.)

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported, can spend Christmas with family

Dec 24
Associated Press

A doll representing the baby Jesus is zip-tied in the Nativity scene outside of Lake Street Church of Evanston, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025, in Evanston, Ill. (Credit: Erin Hooley/AP.)

Church Nativity scenes add zip ties, gas masks and ICE to protest immigration raids

Dec 13
Leah Willingham,
Associated Press

Bangladeshi migrant workers who are illegally going abroad are sent back to the country. (Credit: Stephan Uttom Rozario.)

Deportation from the US in handcuffs is inhumane, says Church in Bangladesh

Dec 11
Stephan Uttom Rozario

Catholic Charities Western Washington CEO: Federal funding uncertainty ‘a big dilemma’

Mar 27
John Lavenburg

Religious freedom commission expresses ‘hope’ with Trump, cites Biden IRFA violation

Mar 26
John Lavenburg

Three children play where the border wall separating Mexico and the United States meets the Pacific Ocean, Friday, Feb. 21, 2025, in Tijuana, Mexico. (Credit: Gregory Bull/AP.)

Tex/Mex bishops tout Church as ‘reliable’ partner for immigration reform

Mar 4
John Lavenburg

Afghan refugees hold placards during a meeting to discuss their situation after President Donald Trump paused U.S. refugee programs, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Jan. 24, 2025. (Credit: Anjum Naveed/AP.)

U.S. bishops sue Trump administration over funding freeze

Feb 19
John Lavenburg

Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso, Texas, celebrates Mass at St. Pius X Church in El Paso Sept. 23, 2019. (Credit: Tyler Orsburn/CNS.)

Bishop Seitz responds to Vance on immigration: ‘He clearly doesn’t know me’

Feb 13
John Lavenburg

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A Venezuelan family’s Christmas: From the American dream to poverty

Dec 26
Matias Delacroix,
Regina Garcia Cano, Associated Press

King Charles III calls for kindness and unity in Christmas message amid global conflicts

Dec 25
Danica Kirka,
Associated Press

3 Palestinians arrested on suspicion of torching a Christmas tree at a Catholic church in West Bank

Dec 25
Melanie Lidman,
Associated Press

Pope offers Christmas blessing urging responsibility for violence, injustice

Dec 25
Elise Ann Allen