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LA Archdiocese creates website to take action for DACA youth

Nov 30, 2017

Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles, CA has encouraged Catholics in the U.S. to advocate for an extension to... Read more

Archbishop Jose Gomez speaks at the North American College in Rome, May 2, 2015.

US bishops to issue statement on need for immigration reform

Nov 13, 2017

By Carl Bunderson

As the conclusion of a lengthy discussion on migration, the US Conference of Catholic Bishops decided Monday to draft a... Read more

With clock ticking on DACA, Republican senators offer path to citizenship

Sep 27, 2017

With the future uncertain for undocumented immigrants who arrived in the U.S. as minors, three Republican Senators say they have... Read more

Pope Francis aboard the papal plane.

Pope hopes Trump will 'rethink' DACA decision on pro-life grounds

Sep 11, 2017

By Elise Harris, Hannah Brockhaus

During a press conference Sunday aboard the papal plane from Colombia to Rome, Pope Francis said that though he is... Read more

Steve Bannon speaking at the 2017 CPAC in National Harbor, Maryland.

'Outrageous and insulting' – US bishops reject Bannon's immigration remarks

Sep 7, 2017

By Matt Hadro

The U.S. bishops’ conference on Thursday sharply rejected claims by former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon that the bishops... Read more

Bishop Tobin: Ending DACA shatters lives. So does abortion.

Sep 5, 2017

Many Americans are justifiably outraged at the lives that will be shattered by the cancellation of DACA – but that... Read more

Arizona, New Mexico bishops ask Trump to keep DACA

Sep 1, 2017

The Catholic bishops of Arizona and New Mexico have joined the growing chorus of voices calling on President Donald Trump... Read more

Archbishop Gomez prods President Trump to change DACA position

Aug 29, 2017

President Donald Trump’s promise to treat undocumented minors with “great heart” needs to be reflected in policy that gives them... Read more

Archbishop Jose Gomez of Los Angeles at an immigration summit held in Orange County, Calif., Feb. 27, 2016. Photo courtesy of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.

Archbishop Gomez calls on Congress to pass Dream Act

Jul 24, 2017

Too many young people are threatened with deportation because their parents brought them to the U.S. without documentation, and Congress... Read more