Catholic Charities, other groups mobilize to help migrants bused to Chicago
When busloads of migrants sent from Texas arrived outside Chicago’s Union Station, a consortium of public and nonprofit service providers swung into action.
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by bcadmin | Sep 24, 2022 | Archdiocese of Chicago, Cardinal Blase Cupich, Catholic Charities, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Governor Greg Abbott, immigration reform, Migrants, News | 0 |
When busloads of migrants sent from Texas arrived outside Chicago’s Union Station, a consortium of public and nonprofit service providers swung into action.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 24, 2022 | Archdiocese of Chicago, Cardinal Blase Cupich, Catholic Charities, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Governor Greg Abbott, immigration reform, Migrants, News | 0 |
When busloads of migrants sent from Texas arrived outside Chicago’s Union Station, a consortium of public and nonprofit service providers swung into action.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 16, 2022 | Biden Administration, Central America, Church in the US, Governor Greg Abbott, Immigration, Jesuit Refugee Services, lead, News | 0 |
Jesuit Refugee Services USA this week launched the “Migrant Accompaniment Network,” which is a group of nationwide volunteers who help migrants assimilate to their new community once they arrive.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 7, 2022 | Archdiocese of Chicago, Cardinal Blase Cupich, Church in the US, Governor Greg Abbott, lead, Migrants, News, President Joe Biden | 0 |
Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago called Governor Greg Abbott’s decision to bus migrants to Chicago and other major U.S. cities “unbecoming of any elected official.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 22, 2022 | Biden Administration, Catholic Charities, Church in the US, Governor Greg Abbott, Immigration, lead, migrant crisis, News | 0 |
Non-Governmental Organizations are overwhelmed meeting buses of migrants in Washington D.C. with little to no assistance from the federal or city government.
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When news broke of the May 24 school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, San Antonio Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller was in a meeting with about 150 archdiocesan priests.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 21, 2022 | Biden Administration, Bishop Mark J. Seitz, Catholic Charities, Church in the US, Governor Greg Abbott, Immigration, lead, News, Title 42 | 0 |
Catholic Charities DC is trying to give a “welcoming, Christ-like response” to migrants that arrive in the nation’s capital on buses from Texas, but the head of the organization says there’s concerns about a lack of assistance from the government.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 14, 2022 | Abortion, Abortion law, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Governor Greg Abbott, News, Roe v. Wade, Texas, Texas Catholic Conference, the pro-life movement | 0 |
In a March 11 ruling, the Texas Supreme Court ended a challenge by abortion clinics to a state law that bans most abortions in Texas.
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Texas Catholic leaders and other opponents of the death penalty are urging Texas officials to grant clemency to a 53-year-old Latina woman set to be executed in late April.
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A federal appeals court sent a challenge to the Texas abortion law back to the state’s Supreme Court Jan. 17.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 23, 2021 | Abortion, Abortion law, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Governor Greg Abbott, News, Texas, Texas Catholic Conference, U.S. Supreme Court | 0 |
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Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 19, 2021 | Abortion, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Governor Greg Abbott, News, Texas, Texas Catholic Conference, U.S. Supreme Court | 0 |
The Texas abortion law — banning abortions after six weeks of pregnancy — continues to have the Supreme Court’s attention more than a month after the nation’s high court ruled against blocking the law.
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