The Catholic Register Wed, 22 Jan 2025 17:00:48 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Immigration pivot disappoints migrant advocates /item/37405-immigration-pivot-disappoints-migrant-advocates /item/37405-immigration-pivot-disappoints-migrant-advocates

The recent mood swing against immigration, in a nation of immigrants whose people have always been welcoming to the outsider, is disappointing to those who work with migrants, but the hope is this will not endure.

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qamundson@catholicregister.private (Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register) Canada Tue, 26 Nov 2024 14:23:48 -0500
UK Catholics voice 'shock and concern' at new outbreak of nationwide disorder /home/international/item/37032-uk-catholics-voice-shock-and-concern-at-new-outbreak-of-nationwide-disorder /home/international/item/37032-uk-catholics-voice-shock-and-concern-at-new-outbreak-of-nationwide-disorder

Prominent Catholics have joined church leaders in condemning a wave of riots across the United Kingdom, while also urging greater understanding of current social grievances.

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International Mon, 12 Aug 2024 13:32:41 -0400
Jesuit Refugee Service pleads for open door refugee policy /item/35486-jesuit-refugee-service-pleads-for-open-door-refugee-policy /item/35486-jesuit-refugee-service-pleads-for-open-door-refugee-policy

Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) has strongly denounced a recent agreement that would shut down illegal border crossings such as Roxham Road between Quebec and New York State that has facilitated the arrival of thousands of refugees into Canada.

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skorah@catholicregister.org (Susan Korah) Canada Sat, 29 Apr 2023 00:00:00 -0400
Immigration challenges are CalgaryöÏÓãÊÓƵapp opportunity /item/35180-immigration-challenges-are-calgary-s-opportunity /item/35180-immigration-challenges-are-calgary-s-opportunity

It was February 1984 in Sarajevo. The sporting world migrated to the capital city of Bosnia — at the time Bosnia and Herzegovina constituted a state in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia — for the Winter Olympics. 

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qamundson@catholicregister.private (Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register) Canada Sat, 21 Jan 2023 00:00:00 -0500
Biden continues construction along parts of border wall started by Trump /home/international/item/34655-biden-continues-construction-along-parts-of-border-wall-started-by-trump /home/international/item/34655-biden-continues-construction-along-parts-of-border-wall-started-by-trump

Some border residents and organizations are speaking out against the Biden administration after the U.S. Department of Homeland Security revealed plans to fill in gaps of a border wall to keep migrants out near Yuma, Arizona.

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International Tue, 02 Aug 2022 08:56:41 -0400
Bruyère brought humanity to rough and tumble Bytown /opinion/guest-columnists/item/34527-bruyere-brought-humanity-to-rough-and-tumble-bytown /opinion/guest-columnists/item/34527-bruyere-brought-humanity-to-rough-and-tumble-bytown

Reading the lives of the saints to learn about the saints is short changing yourself. Whatever glimpse of a saint may peek through the frequently dull, awkward and even inscrutable prose of a typical hagiography is mostly valuable for what it teaches us about ourselves.

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mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Guest Columns Sat, 18 Jun 2022 05:00:00 -0400
Irish famine changed Toronto forever /item/34523-irish-famine-changed-toronto-forever /item/34523-irish-famine-changed-toronto-forever

When the migrant ships loaded with thousands fleeing IrelandöÏÓãÊÓƵapp Great Famine set sail in 1847, little was it known how this great migration would change — and continue to change — the face of a small town in the interior of a land an ocean away.

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waclarke@catholicregister.private (Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic Register) Canada Sat, 18 Jun 2022 00:00:00 -0400
Americas summit ends with immigration deal /home/international/item/34508-americas-summit-ends-with-immigration-deal /home/international/item/34508-americas-summit-ends-with-immigration-deal

Twenty countries from the Americas, including Canada, signed a declaration June 10, the last day of the troubled Summit of the Americas, committing to help and protect “all migrants, refugees, asylum-seekers and stateless persons, regardless of their migratory status.â€

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International Wed, 15 Jun 2022 13:10:42 -0400
EU urged to improve immigration policies /home/international/item/33218-eu-urged-to-improve-immigration-policies /home/international/item/33218-eu-urged-to-improve-immigration-policies

VATICAN CITY -- As the remains of a rickety boat, pulled from the floor of the Mediterranean Sea, were enshrined as a memorial to the hundreds of migrants who died when it sank, Pope Francis prayed that such tragedies would “challenge everyoneöÏÓãÊÓƵapp conscience and foster the growth of a more supportive humanity that tears down the wall of indifference.â€

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cns@catholicnews.com (Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service) International Wed, 16 Jun 2021 10:12:08 -0400
‘Dreamers’ given another legal victory /home/international/item/32471-dreamers-given-another-legal-victory /home/international/item/32471-dreamers-given-another-legal-victory

WASHINGTON -- A U.S. federal judge said the Trump administration must fully restore the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, after the program that protects qualifying young adult immigrants from deportation was suspended this summer.

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International Wed, 09 Dec 2020 13:29:03 -0500