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‘Oxford History of British and Irish Catholicism’ highlights constant Catholic thread through historical upheavals

March 19, 2024

Despite the resulting popular legend, Protestant reform in Great Britain did not consign Catholicism to historical oblivion; for too long, by general consent, the study of Catholicism in Britain operated in a silo. The dominant version of history held that Catholics disappeared at the Reformation – apart from the odd execution for treason – before

Costa Rican government has ‘transferred responsibility’ for immigrants to Church during migrant crisis

March 06, 2024

SÃO PAULO, Brazil – Church organisations in Costa Rica are saying that the State is not acting to help migrants, while some activists argue that the government has all but transferred responsibility for immigrants to the Catholic Church as a migrant crisis overwhelms the country. The comments follow the tragic deaths of an Ecuadorian immigrant

Immigration cannot save Catholic Church in the West

August 01, 2022

The Catholic Church in the Anglosphere and western Europe is in no small part today being propped up by immigration, but this is not a long-term solution for the survival of the Church across the Western world. There are two key reasons for this: the first is the decline in Catholic affiliation in much of

If Only Americans Thought Like Catholics

May 27, 2021

A man embraces his wife and daughter after crossing the Rio Grande near the border between Mexico and the United States in Del Rio, Texas. (Sergio Flores/AFP via Getty Images) While people debate whether the United States has been a “Christian nation,” no one has ever claimed it has been a Catholic one. If

Cardinal condemns treatment of migrants by Guatemalan security forces

February 11, 2021

Cardinal Álvaro Ramazzini has condemned the violent treatment of Central American migrants by Guatemalan security forces.

Biden signs three executive orders overhauling Trump’s immigration policies

February 03, 2021

Joe Biden has issued three executive orders to overturn Trump-era immigration policies. The orders aim to reunite parents separated from their children at the border, tackle the root causes of immigration and evaluate the existing immigration system in America. In his first order, Biden established an interagency task force to be chaired by the Secretary

Catholic bishops urge President Biden to “reimagine” immigration policy

February 01, 2021

Along with representatives of Catholic charities, five Catholic bishops called on the President to tackle the "disappearance of compassion" on the border.

‘Sterile hypocrisy’ behind mistreatment of migrants, Pope says

July 07, 2018

Pope Francis thanked Mediterranean migrant rescue teams for 'embodying the parable of the Good Samaritan'