EN ES

Subscribe

Refugees

San Diego Bishop Michael M. Pham, center, leads more than 4,000 people who gathered Sept. 27, 2026, World Day of Migrants and Refugees, in Balboa Park to support immigrants and to proclaim that "All Are Sacred." Dozens of faith leaders participated in the event, including, left to right, Jesuit Father Eduardo Samaniego, San Diego Auxiliary Bishop Felipe Pulido, Rabbi Mike Rothbaum and Deacon Carlos Morales. (OSV News photo/David Maung, Diocese of San Diego)

Over 4,000 faithful walk in San Diego procession for migrants, refugees

OSV News|Sep 30, 2026|6 Min Read

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and federal officers detain a migrant as he walks out from a hearing during targeted detainment at a U.S. immigration court in the Manhattan borough of New York City Oct. 27, 2025. (OSV News photo/David 'Dee' Delgado, Reuters)

New partnership aims to support Church's ministry to migrants, refugees

Kate Scanlon|Jan 22, 2026|3 Min Read

refugees

World

USCIRF says international community must protect refugees fleeing religious persecution

Catholic News Agency|Oct 2, 2025|4 Min Read

Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso, Texas, greets a Salvadoran migrant in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, June 27, 2019, who was deported from the U.S. after crossing the Paso del Norte international border from El Paso. (OSV News photo/Jose Luis Gonzalez, Reuters)

'The Cabrini Pledge' calls faithful to be keepers of hope for migrants and refugees

OSV News|Sep 23, 2025|3 Min Read

U.S. Army soldiers at the Dulles Expo Center in Chantilly, Va., assist Afghanistan families as they depart an evacuees' processing center Aug. 25, 2021. A federal judge has denied a request from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops to compel the Trump administration to reinstate its contracts with the conference and resume paying it for expenses for resettling refugees in the United States. The bishops are appealing the March 11, 2025, ruling. (OSV News photo/Jonathan Ernst, Reuters)

US bishops continue legal battle over refugee resettlement funding

Lauretta Brown|Mar 17, 2025|3 Min Read

ukraine

US extends stay for thousands of Ukrainians as war enters second year

Gina Christian|Mar 16, 2023|3 Min Read

Venezuelan migrants in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, walk on the train tracks near the Paso del Norte International border bridge Oct. 21, 2022. (CNS photo/Jose Luis Gonzalez, Reuters)

Agencies in Texas archdiocese assist immigrants, refugees seeking asylum

Jo Ann Zuniga|Nov 29, 2022|5 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

A group of mainly Venezuelan migrants wait for transport in Washington, Sept. 17, 2022, after arriving by bus from detention in Texas and being dropped off outside the Naval Observatory, the official residence of Vice President Kamala Harris. (CNS photo/Marat Sadana, Reuters)

Bishops speak against transport of migrants; it 'offends God,' says one

Rhina Guidos|Sep 19, 2022|6 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

Migrants expelled from the U.S. and sent back to Mexico under Title 42 walk toward Mexico at the Paso del Norte International border bridge in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, May 21, 2022. The U.S. health policy restriction, enforced by the Trump administration, has kept some migrants out of the U.S. because of COVID-19 concerns. (CNS photo/Jose Luis Gonzalez, Reuters)

Federal judge orders Title 42 measure must remain in place at border

Rhina Guidos|May 23, 2022|4 Min Read

Father Ihor Koshyk, pastor, presides at a Feb. 24 prayer service for Ukraine at the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Catholic Church in East Hollywood. (Victor Alemán)

LA Archdiocese special collection for Ukraine aid hits $1 million

Tom Hoffarth|Apr 22, 2022|4 Min Read

We use cookies to understand how Angelus is read and to improve the site. You can accept or decline analytics cookies. Cookie Policy