“I fully expect the church to be persecuted,” says Bishop of El Paso Mark J. Seitz. Seitz has just spoken out strongly against the anti-immigrant policies of U...
Immigration
St. Toribio Romo Over the past 30 years or so, several Mexican and American newspapers have reported cases of undocumented immigrants surviving the journey...
Comedian Mohammed (Mo) Amer released the second season of his self-titled show Mo on Netflix at the end of January. The comedy show, loosely based on Amer’s...
Catholics are far from immune to xenophobia. Many white Catholics seemed unbothered by the racist attacks on Catholic Haitians of Springfield, Ohio, following...
Listen on: Apple | Spotify Sister Norma Pimentel is a Sister with the Missionaries of Jesus and serves as the executive director of Catholic Charities of the...
As a nation on edge grapples with a gamut of socioeconomic challenges, a powerful political party, desperate to maintain power, seeks a new target. The...
Listen on: Apple | Spotify Welcome to Curious Spirits, a Spirit Alive podcast! This season our theme is Pilgrims of Hope, as inspired by Pope Francis’ call for...
Listen on: Apple | Spotify When people in the United States think about immigration, many immediately think about the U.S.-Mexico border, cruel border...
White wooden crosses reflected upside down in standing pools of water were planted on the southern bank of the Rio Grande. Bishops from El Paso, Texas; Las...
After graduating from a Jesuit University, I took the Jesuits’ call to live out the gospel to heart and signed up for a year with the Jesuit Volunteer Corps. I...
