Through all the changes since President Trump took office, volunteers at Kino Border Initiative south of the Arizona-Mexico border have continued to show up for migrants at the nonprofit's dining room and shelter.
The Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life at Georgetown University organized a panel highlighting the downstream and life-or-death effects of the recent cuts to USAID.
Thousands of migrants are heading back to South America after new U.S. immigration policies, including the cancellation of the CBP One program, have made it harder for them to seek asylum in the U.S.
An internal email says CRS is likely to be cut in half this year from Trump's freeze of U.S. foreign assistance. Cuts will "cost people's lives and livelihoods," a former bishops' conference official says.
In a statement after the first tumultuous week of the second Trump presidency, the Leadership Conference of Women Religious said sisters must be fearless in embodying the Gospel amid a "rapid dismantling of values."
Horizons- At the dawn of a new year, I find myself living in dreadful anticipation of the upcoming four years and praying that things will not be as bad as I think they will be. So, how does this year call us to respond?
What kind of leadership will we get? Whatever it is, we must always remember that in a democracy, we put the leaders there ourselves and so we must save it ourselves, as well.
In this episode of "The Francis Effect," Heidi, Dan and David welcome their guests, Fr. Bryan Massingale and Social Service Sr. Simone Campbell, to look at the 2024 election and consider: Where do we go from here?
Trump's supporters touted his victory over Harris as a triumph for a nation moving to the right, while opponents expressed fears his return to the White House opens a dark and uncertain period for American democracy.
