JusticeForImmigrants

[JusticeForImmigrants @USCCBJFI]

The pastoral conversation and Mass will be live-streamed at https://t.co/snRE9T9AC8. Please join!

[JusticeForImmigrants @USCCBJFI]

Border Mass 250 - Celebrating the contributions of immigration to the United States. @dioceseoftucson @PhoenixDiocese

[USCCB's Secretariat of Migration @MRSserves]

For #WelcomeWednesday, Bishop Menjivar-Ayala shares, "At the end we know that the great test is going to be 'I was a stranger, and did you welcome me?'... The whole gospel is permeated by stories of people on a journey." @WashArchdiocese @DWC1850

[USCCB's Secretariat of Migration @MRSserves]

If you're in the DC area, please join @WashArchdiocese for the Eucharistic Procession for Immigrants on June 7 at 12pm ET: https://t.co/KpZZr6dFwB

[USCCB's Secretariat of Migration @MRSserves]

"For decades, the US, was known for offering this opportunity, not favoring one particular group, but granting relief in accordance with our laws, our shared values, and the national interest." -Bishop Cahill, chairman of the Committee on Migratiion

[USCCB's Secretariat of Migration @MRSserves]

"Offering refuge to the world’s vulnerable and persecuted is a founding principle of our country and it is uniquely what makes this country great." https://t.co/6dg8d0vB5r

[USCCB's Secretariat of Migration @MRSserves]

For #WelcomeWednesday, Bishop Menjivar-Ayala shares, "[Immigrants] are afraid, they have many questions, they have nostalgia for the family they left behind, so walking with people, listening to them and helping them cope... [is] doing ministry for immigrants." @WashArchdiocese

[USCCB's Secretariat of Migration @MRSserves]

For #WelcomeWednesday, Bishop Menjivar-Ayala describes his calling to become a priest: "There was a moment when I said 'I have to do something about my vocation'... The process was long but I had great support from @WashArchdiocese ."

[USCCB's Secretariat of Migration @MRSserves]

For #WelcomeWednesday, Bishop Menjivar-Ayala shares his experience applying for political asylum in the US: "I was scared because...you are reporting yourself... Obviously that creates a little bit of fear, of anxiety." @WashArchdiocese @DWC1850

[USCCB's Secretariat of Migration @MRSserves]

For #WelcomeWednesday, Bishop Menjivar-Ayala describes why he left El Salvador and applied for asylum in the US: "I was a catechist in El Salvador, which was an added reason to fear staying there...many catechists got killed" due to religious persecution. @WashArchdiocese

[USCCB's Secretariat of Migration @MRSserves]

For #WelcomeWednesday, Bishop Menjivar-Ayala shares his journey from El Salvador to the US in 1990: "It took me seven years to go back to El Salvador... The most challenging thing of being undocumented [was] not being able to travel and to see my parents." @WashArchdiocese

[USCCB's Secretariat of Migration @MRSserves]

For #WelcomeWednesday, Bishop Menjivar-Ayala describes the conditions in El Salvador that led him to flee in 1990: "So many people were being killed [in the Civil War]... There were no real opportunities for me in El Salvador." @WashArchdiocese

[USCCB's Secretariat of Migration @MRSserves]

For #WelcomeWednesday, Bishop Menjivar-Ayala of @WashArchdiocese shares for more than 20 years he has been "blessed to serve immigrants... It is like celebrating Pentecost every Sunday because you have the whole world there."

[60 Minutes @60Minutes]

Pope Leo will spend July 4 in Lampedusa, an Italian island in the Mediterranean, where tens of thousands of migrants land on their way to Europe every year. It also marks America's 250th birthday. U.S. cardinals say the visit sends a message. https://t.co/XgQie9ktjJ

[USCCB's Secretariat of Migration @MRSserves]

"No matter one’s immigration status, there is no overarching justification for separating nursing infants from their mothers or endangering the health and safety of pregnant women or their preborn babies." https://t.co/7He14AzEqN

[USCCB's Secretariat of Migration @MRSserves]

Read the full letter in English and Spanish here: https://t.co/BTIkvnXrmt

[USCCB's Secretariat of Migration @MRSserves]

Bishop Biegler of Cheyenne WY: "As Christians, our convictions should be rooted in fidelity to the Gospel of Jesus Christ and our commitment to love God and neighbor." https://t.co/cYEWx4a8D9

[CLINIC @cliniclegal]

The pope has also strongly criticized immigration U.S. policies such as mass deportations. When the United States celebrates its 250th anniversary, the first U.S.-born pope will not be in the country but at a primary European point of entry for migrants.

https://t.co/aW6wM7SlXE

[America Magazine @americamag]

US cardinals speak out against Iran war, mass deportations in 60 Minutes appearance

https://t.co/ioS1P8GcVx

[USCCB's Secretariat of Migration @MRSserves]

For #WelcomeWednesday, @CardinalBCupich reflects on feeling inspired by solidarity among young people: "I think we should pay attention to young people. They have dreams and aspirations that we should be very much attuned with." @archchicago