This Lent, compare your life to a migrant’s, pope says

Pope Francis urged Christians to examine their consciences in Lent by comparing their daily lives to the hardships faced by migrants, calling it a way to grow in empathy and discover God’s call to compassion.

Pope to U.S.: Migration policies built on force, not truth, ‘will end badly’

Pope Francis has urged U.S. Catholics and people of goodwill to not give in to “narratives” that discriminate against and cause unnecessary suffering to migrants and refugees.

By seeking better life, migrants teach hope, determination, pope says

Migrants demonstrate what hope is, and the Catholic Church must support them to keep that hope alive, Pope Francis said.

‘Can I buy a chocolate bar?’

After buses from Texas began arriving in Chicago in August 2022, the first migrant who came through our doors at Catholic Charities’ St. Gall office was a young man who had walked from downtown Chicago to 55th Street and Kedzie Avenue.

Venezuelan Catholics gather to pray for home country

Hundreds of Venezuelans gathered at St. Mary of the Lake Church Aug. 1 to pray for their beleaguered country.

Pope Francis: ‘I too am a child of migrants’

The Catholic Church can draw closer to Jesus by accompanying migrants in their pursuit of a better life, Pope Francis said.

The human face of immigration

As Pope Francis has often said, “reality is greater than ideas.” That phrase comes to mind as I reflect on the ill-tempered remarks that are reported in the media vilifying migrants entering the United States. Words such as “criminals” and “terrorists,” among other depictions that portray these suffering families as subhuman because of their ethnicity or race, are very disturbing and just plain wrong. These words, and the ideas behind them, do not match the reality that we as a church have experienced over centuries of welcoming newcomers.

How far would you go?

The other day, my husband asked me whether I would sit outside a grocery store and beg for money if it was the only way I could feed my children.

Catherine’s Caring Cause helps migrant families establish themselves

A little more than six months ago, Luz, a Venezuelan migrant, was staying in a shelter with her son, Jose, trying to figure out her next steps.

Former St. Edmund School to house migrant families in Oak Park

More than 100 migrants who had been staying at the Carleton of Oak Park Hotel and West Cook YMCA were expected to move into a temporary transitional family shelter in the former St. Edmund School building at the end of February.
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