After fleeing to southern Vietnam in 1954, congregations of women religious dedicated themselves to serving their local communities during wartime challenges, and later worked to restore their communities in the north.
A trio of bills to combat human trafficking sought by Catholic advocates faces an uncertain future in Congress amid a wider debate over immigration policy.
A community of Religious of the Sacred Heart of Jesus has been living in El Ejido, a municipality in the Andalusian province of Almeria, for 50 years. The Bantabá project is focused on migrants arriving from many parts of the Mediterranean; practically all the people who come are in an irregular situation in Spain.
Through her encounters with migrants fleeing violence and extortion, and crossing the border between the U.S. and Mexico, Sr. Clara Malo Castrillón found parallels with the Book of Tobit, written 2,000 years ago.
A religious sister best known for helping more than 100,000 migrants and asylum-seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border in southern Texas was in Chicago April 15 to share her artwork nationally for the first time and reiterate a message of love.
Sr. Maria E. Mendez Ochoa shares the experience of Sr. Oliva Olivares as she leaves water for migrants crossing the desert through Sásabe, Arizona, the border between Mexico and the U.S.
There's no signage to point out who's buried there, but the fenced-off, arid field in Holtville, California, is the final resting place for many border crossers who died in anonymity in the surrounding area.
For Sr. Florence Anyabuonwu, a Feb. 5-9 border pilgrimage was "more than just a physical journey," she write. It was "a profound transformation of heart and soul."
