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Refugees wait to see Pope Francis at the Moria refugee camp on the island of Lesbos, Greece in April 16, 2016 (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Meeting the Stranger

A Catholic response to immigration and refugees through the pages of Commonweal
The Editors
February 14, 2018
Immigration

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“We are under obligation to serve our fellow man, and especially the immigrant that comes to our gates.”

The Catholic Immigrant

By Marie R. Owens
December 9, 1925
Immigration
U.S. Catholicism
Social Justice
Article

From Kennel to Icebox

We all have a moral obligation to provide detainees with humane conditions regardless of where they come from or why they left.
By Santiago Ramos
June 3, 2021
Immigration
Joe Biden
Feature

An Art of Immigration & Injustice

Richard Misrach and Guillermo Galindo’s joint exhibit demands that viewers consider the many unjust aspects of immigration policy
By Ciaran Freeman
August 3, 2017
Immigration
Arts
Domestic Affairs
Article

An Illegal Immigrant

How my family was allowed to come to the United States, despite our Jewish origins
By John Tytell
May 22, 2017
Immigration
Domestic Affairs
Article

Catholic Solidarity with Immigrants

Many American Catholics have ancestors who were the beneficiaries of the Immigration Bureau’s advocacy. Will they support the bishops who speak out today?
By Julia G. Young
February 6, 2017
Donald Trump
U.S. Catholicism
Bishops
Domestic Affairs
Ethics
Immigration
Web Exclusive
Article

Trapped at the Border

The Trump administration insists its Migrant Protection Protocols keep asylum seekers safe. Reporting from Mexico shows otherwise.
By Joseph Sorrentino
July 20, 2020
Immigration
Foreign Affairs
Social Justice
Article
The first U.S. citizen to be canonized, she was an immigrant to the United States who devoted her life to welcoming immigrants.

Mother Cabrini’s American Welcome

By Paul Moses
November 13, 2017
Religious Life
Domestic Affairs
Women in the Church
Article

Works of Mercy

Opening our doors to Syrian refugees is the right thing to do and an acknowledgement of the responsibility the United States bears for the chaos in the Middle East.
By The Editors
September 8, 2015
Immigration
Editorial
Ethics
Foreign Affairs
Middle East
Pope Francis
Poverty
Social Justice
War and Peace
Article

Don't Shut the Door

Catholic teaching emphasizes the obligation of nations to help the stranger in need. It is neither statesman-like nor Christian to close the door on Syrian refugees.
By The Editors
December 1, 2015
Election 2016
U.S. Catholicism
Editorial
Foreign Affairs
Middle East
Muslim-Christian Relations
War and Peace
Article

White Catholics & Nativism

For Catholic immigrants, it’s been a struggle to get the support of fellow Catholics
By Paul Moses
September 1, 2017
U.S. Catholicism
Race
Donald Trump
Feature

The Asylum to Our South

People fleeing to Mexico from extreme violence in Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador face major obstacles
By Joseph Sorrentino
December 4, 2017
Latin America
Foreign Affairs
Article

Catholic Leaders Denounce Trump’s Immigration Cruelty

As Trump doubles down on the bitter politics of white backlash and ethnic nationalism, Catholic leaders have consistently defended DACA holders
By John Gehring
September 6, 2017
Immigration
Bishops
Race
U.S. Catholicism
Article

Migrants in Limbo

We need a truly international reckoning with the fact of mass migration, one in which wealthy countries actually confront climate change and food insecurity.
By Regina Munch
September 25, 2019
Immigration
Pope Francis
Foreign Affairs
Social Justice
Article

Making an American

Jia Lynn Yang tells the story of a forty-year fight over immigration in the twentieth century, asking: What makes an American and who gets to decide?
By Melody S. Gee
September 7, 2020
Immigration
Asia
Books
Article

‘Trace of the Human’

A new show at the ICA in Boston addresses the global migration crisis by posing a simple question: what is a home? And why do more than 60 million people lack one?
By Santiago Ramos
November 29, 2019
Arts
Spirituality
Immigration
Social Justice

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