“All people who come here injured or hurt do not leave here until they’re completely recovered. They have to leave here as persons who are free and with dignity,” says Rev. Pedro Pantoja, a 72-year-old Jesuit priest who founded Casa del Migrante shelter in Saltillo, Mexico. More →

October 16, 2015

The Virgin Mary has been a companion throughout important events in Mexico’s national history, says Monsignor Jorge Antonio Palencia. “Our Lady has accompanied the nation across the foundation, through the independence movement, then through the revolution movement.” More →

August 7, 2015

“The question for our government” says Lenni Benson, executive director and founder of the nonprofit Safe Passage Project, “will be, even if they have deportation orders, is it ethical and legal to remove a child to a country of origin if we aren’t assured that child will be safe upon return?” More →

October 24, 2014

Finding out for the families of the missing what happened to border crossers who disappeared is “the sacred baseline” for her work, says anthropologist Robin Reineke, cofounder of the Missing Migrant Project at the Colibri Center for Human Rights in Tucson, Arizona. “Care of the dead is such a key part of the Catholic faith.” More →

September 19, 2014

“It’s not like your typical disaster, where churches… clean up after a hurricane or a tornado,” says Kevin Eckstrom, editor-in-chief of Religion News Service. “This is much more complicated.” More →

July 25, 2014

As thousands of unaccompanied migrant children cross the US-Mexico border, Americans are being challenged by how to respond. “This is what our Catholic faith calls us to do,” says John Andrews of the Catholic Diocese of San Bernardino County. But in Murrieta, California, Andrea Rockwood has a different perspective: “We need to fix our system before we can even help anybody. We can’t even help our own.” More →

July 18, 2014

The Supreme Court is weighing the legal challenge to Arizona’s strict immigration law, and religious groups opposed to the law are appealing to language throughout the scriptures “to take care of the stranger,” says Catholic News Service staff writer Patricia Zapor. More →

April 27, 2012

“The church in Mexico has been hurt by its hesitancy and its silence,” says Ruben Garcia, director of Annunciation House in El Paso, Texas. More →

March 26, 2010

  BOB ABERNETHY, anchor: We have a Lucky Severson story today that is both disturbing and inspiring, about a born-again preacher, José Antonio Galván, in Juárez, Mexico who takes care of the poorest of the poor – unwanted, drug-addicted, mentally … More →

October 24, 2008

BOB ABERNETHY, anchor: We have a story today about other people wrestling with the notion of brotherly dwelling. They’re Americans and Mexicans whose community is about to be bisected by the fence the government is building along the Rio Grande, … More →

May 9, 2008