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Last week, the Minnesota Catholic bishops asked Catholics throughout the state to renew their commitment to welcoming newcomers.
The bishops’ statement, issue on Dec. 12, came on the two year anniversary of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid of the Swift and Co. meatpacking plant in Worthington, Minn. The joint statement also called for comprehensive immigration [...]

Catholics from around the Phoenix Diocese gathered for a procession and Mass in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe Dec. 7 in downtown Phoenix. An estimated 700 joined Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted, who concelebrated the Mass with several priests, including Holy Cross Father John Herman, the bilingual homilist. The event also marked the beginning of [...]

In about an hour, the third annual Honor Your Mother celebration will begin with a procession from Immaculate Heart Parish to St. Mary’s Basilica in downtown Phoenix.
The 12:30 p.m. procession will be followed by a 2 p.m. Mass celebrated by Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted. The event is a way for Catholics throughout the diocese to [...]

WASHINGTON — Amid growing tension over immigration, the Church in the United States will celebrate National Migration Week on January 4-10, 2009.
This year’s theme, Renewing Hope, Seeking Justice, “reminds us of our obligation to bring hope to the hopeless and to seek justice for those who are easily exploited,” said Bishop John C. Wester of [...]

WASHINGTON — A recent Zogby poll of Catholics nationwide showed overwhelming support for reform of the nation’s immigration laws, with Catholics supporting a path to citizenship for the estimated 12 million people in the country illegally.
The poll conducted Oct. 17-20, included a sample of 1,000 people who self-identified as Roman Catholics and was commissioned by [...]