WASHINGTON DC, 4 June 2010 (CNA<)—Meeting with other bishops in a conference on immigration reform on Thursday, Bishop John C. Wester underlined the need “to address the economic root causes of migration and seek economic policies which would help create jobs” in other countries. This, he stressed, “is the lasting and humane solution to the challenge of illegal immigration.”Read more<
WASHINGTON, 4 June 2010 (USCCB<)—Participants at the Catholic bishops’ Regional Consultation on Migration in Washington, June 2-4 issued a joint statement calling for protection, hospitality, service and justice to immigrants throughout the hemisphere.Read more<
WASHINGTON, 2 June 2010 (Spero News<)—Archbishop Antonio Maria Vegliò, president of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Travelers, opened the Regional Consultation of the American Bishops' Conference on Migration, which is focused on responding better to the needs of migrants and refugees in the Americas, confronting the deeper causes of migration through a more efficient coordination of services, pastoral care and advocacy policies.Read more<
LILONGWE, Malawi, 27 May 2010 (Xinhua<)—Eighty refugees have left Malawi for resettlement to the United States of America between Tuesday and Wednesday, bringing the total number of resettled refugees to the US to 112 in the month of May alone, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, UNHCR confirmed on Wednesday.Read more<
ROME, 27 May 2010 (Zenit<)—Bishops of southern African nations are trying to bring global attention to the problem of human trafficking in their region.Read more<
WASHINGTON, 19 May 2010 (USCCB<)—Bishop John C. Wester of Salt Lake City, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Migration, and Archbishop Rafael Romo Muñoz of Tijuana, Mexico, head of the Mexican Episcopal Conference Migration Commission, issued May 19, a joint statement on the occasion of President Felipe Caderón of Mexico visit to the United States.Read more<
VATICAN CITY, 17 May 2010 (Zenit<)—The family is "indispensable" for social cohesion and peace, therefore "responsible family policies" of immigration that facilitate the regrouping of families are necessary, a Vatican note states.Read more<
WASHINGTON, 17 May 2010 (USCCB)—Representatives of bishops’ conferences of the United States, Canada, Mexico, and other Latin American and Caribbean countries will convene June 2-4 in Washington for the 2010 Regional Bishops’ Consultation on Migration. Archbishop Antonio Maria Vegliò, president of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People at the Vatican, and Archbishop Pietro Sambi, papal nuncio to the United States, are also slated to attend.Read more<
16 May 2010 (OSV)—In light of the recent debate over Arizona's new immigration law and responses to Archbishop Jose H. Gomez's essay "Archbishop: Catholics' role in immigration reform solution" in our May 2 issue, Our Sunday Visitor asked Bishop John C. Wester of Salt Lake City, chairman of the US bishops' Committee on Migration, to answer some of our readers' toughest questions about the Church's position on immigration.Read more<
BRUSSELS, 11 May 2010—A new report released by ICMC and the International Rescue Committee (IRC) today at the European Parliament draws attention to the still dire situation of vulnerable Iraqi refugees in the Middle East, and the critical role of European Member States in providing assistance and opportunities for resettlement.Read more<
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