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Obispos católicos llaman a presionar al Congreso para que apruebe una reforma migratoria
Los religiosos piden presionar al Congreso para que apruebe una “solución de sentido común y compasión a la inmigración”. Pero advierten que esto no puede suceder, si los políticos de ambos partidos usan la inmigración como un “problema ganador” que lleva a las personas a las urnas.
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Mujeres y sus familias, empoderadas con la educación de South Central LAMP
La inmigrante Felipa García forma parte de las graduadas de la clase número 25 de South Central LAMP. Diana Pinto, directora de programa, manifiesta que forman a mujeres y les dan una lámpara para apoyar a su comunidad.
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Archbishop Gomez: Hearing immigrants’ stories should make us grateful
During a visit to the United States’ southern border, Archbishop Jose Gomez of Los Angeles called for Catholics to lobby Congress to fix the United States’ “dysfunctional” immigration system.
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Menores inmigrantes están “tranquilos” en los refugios, según religiosos
Un grupo de líderes católicos de Estados Unidos aseguró hoy que los niños inmigrantes separados de sus familias en la frontera con México están en buen estado de salud, con el ánimo “tranquilo y con esperanza”.
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Amid policy debate, US bishops hear from migrants at the border
Seeking to hear the stories of migrants and how they have been affected by U.S. detention policy, a delegation of Catholic bishops is visiting the U.S.-Mexico border this week.
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Bishops get closer look at immigration
Bishops from across the country — including the president and vice president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops — gathered in the Rio Grande Valley on Sunday and Monday to see firsthand the experience of children and parents who have recently migrated to the United States.
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Keep immigrant families together, bishops plead at border
Immigration reform requires seeing the faces of immigrants, and hearing their stories, according to five U.S. bishops who have completed a two-day pastoral visit to the U.S. border with Mexico in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley.
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‘LAMP’, el programa que ayuda a madres inmigrantes y sus hijos en Los Ángeles
outh Central Los Angeles Ministry Project (SC LAMP) ofrece programas educativos que ayudan a empoderar a las mujeres y sus familias para que alcancen el máximo potencial, desarrollen su autoestima y fortalezcan sus relaciones.
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US Bishops: ‘No villains’ in immigration crisis
A team of 6 US Bishops spent two days visiting personnel and structures providing services to migrants entering the US on its border with Mexico. On Monday they paid a visit to Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley’s Humanitarian Respite Center. The next day they visited Casa Padre Center, a government-run resettlement center for children. There they met with approximately 250 children, toured the facility and celebrated Mass with them. Later they visited a facility where migrants are processed.
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California Catholic Conference announces new executive director
Andrew Rivas was onetime executive director of the Texas Catholic Conference and most recently served as director of the Office of Government and Community Relations for the Los Angeles archdiocese