David Lantigua

David Lantigua

David Lantigua, the son of immigrants from Latin America, is an associate professor of theology at the University of Notre Dame, where he is also the co-director of the Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism. He is author of Infidels and Empires in a New World World Order: Early Modern Spanish Contributions to International Legal Thought. Lantigua is currently writing a manuscript on the theological and social legacy of Pope Francis in the 21st century. 

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Guatemalan migrants arrive at La Aurora Air Base on a deportation flight from the United States, in Guatemala City, Feb. 18. (OSV News/Reuters/Cristina Chiquin)

For Catholics, mass deportations are immoral

A robust pastoral plan across the country that recognizes Christ in the migrant is needed urgently for the even darker days ahead. 

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