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Louisiana's Bishop Mario Dorsonville dies unexpectedly at age 63

Matthew Santucci|Jan 20, 2024|4 Min Read

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Bishop Dorsonville appointed to head Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux

OSV News|Feb 1, 2023|1 Min Read

Migrants, mostly from Venezuela, walk near the border wall in El Paso, Texas, Sept. 11, 2022. (CNS photo/Jose Luis Gonzalez, Reuters)

Bishop urges leaders to overcome partisan divide to solve immigration crisis

John Lavenburg|Oct 19, 2022|3 Min Read

Children from Congo who have received refugee status in the U.S. stand outside a temporary hotel residence in Boise, Idaho, Oct. 29, 2021. President Joe Biden announced Sept. 27, 2022, the nation's cap on refugee admissions is 125,000 for the 2023 fiscal year. (CNS photo/Shannon Stapleton, Reuters)

Resettlement agencies applaud U.S. goal to welcome 125,000 refugees

Catholic News Service|Sep 29, 2022|2 Min Read

Afghan refugees at Joint Base McGuire-Dix- Lakehurst in New Jersey walk inside a housing facility where they are temporarily living Dec. 2, 2021. (CNS photo/Barbara Davidson, Reuters)

Agencies join bishop's call for passage of Afghan Adjustment Act

Catholic News Service|Sep 1, 2022|3 Min Read

Afghan refugees embrace family members after arriving at Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Va., Sept. 2, 2021, before boarding buses that will take them to a processing center. (CNS photo/Evelyn Hockstein, Reuters)

Bishop urges Senate, House to pass Afghan Adjustment Act 'without delay'

Catholic News Service|Aug 12, 2022|2 Min Read

U.S. Military Police walk past Afghan refugees at the Village at Fort McCoy U.S. Army base in Wisconsin Sept. 30, 2021. (CNS photo/Barbara Davidson, pool via Reuters)

Bishop praises Biden administration efforts on refugee admissions

Rhina Guidos|Oct 12, 2021|3 Min Read

Jaime Ramon Ascalon Jr., deputy chief of mission at the Philippines Embassy in Washington, is seen Sept. 18, 2021, at the offertory during a Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington. The Mass celebrated the 500th anniversary of Christianity in the Philippines. (CNS photo/Andrew Biraj, Catholic Standard)

Filipinos mark 500 years of Christian faith that connects them globally

Mark Zimmermann|Sep 28, 2021|4 Min Read

Washington Auxiliary Bishop Mario E. Dorsonville blesses Johanna Flores after her parents, Geraldo and Maria Flores, presented offertory gifts during a World Day for Migrants and Refugees Mass at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle Sept. 26, 2021. Bishop Dorsonville is chairman of the U.S. bishops' migration committee. (CNS photo/Andrew Biraj, Catholic Standard)

Catholics asked to 'move from indifference to solidarity' with migrants

Lynnea Mumola|Sep 28, 2021|4 Min Read

A translator and soldiers from 1st Platoon Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 36th Infantry Regiment take cover from a helicopter's rotor wash in Demaiwand, Afghanistan, Jan. 18, 2013, while evacuating a 10-year-old girl injured by an improvised explosive device that detonated about 875 yards away. (CNS photo/Andrew Burton, Reuters)

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MRS among U.S. agencies helping resettle Afghan translators, interpreters

Catholic News Service|Aug 2, 2021|3 Min Read

People hug each other as they participate in a reunification event named "Hugs Not Walls" on the border between Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, and El Paso, Texas, June 19, 2021. (CNS photo/Jose Luis Gonzalez, Reuters)

Bishop hails ruling on one immigration policy, calls for end to another

Rhina Guidos|Jun 24, 2021|2 Min Read

Auxiliary Bishop Mario E. Dorsonville of Washington, who is chairman of the U.S. bishops' migration committee, addresses the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship in Washington Feb. 27, 2020. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)

On DACA anniversary, bishop urges pathway to citizenship for 'Dreamers'

Julie Asher|Jun 15, 2021|5 Min Read

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