At an international migration conference held in Mexico City this month, Josephine Sr. María Magdalena Silva Rentería and fellow panelists shared the reality of the migration crisis as seen from Mexico's capital.
Leaders of migrant shelters in Tijuana say they are enduring violence and organized crime. One director, a Catholic sister, told GSR her shelter had to change its facilities and "close everything" to keep migrants safe.
Following record-breaking crossings of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border, sisters and church leaders call for Christian empathy for those fleeing their homes all over the world.
Along a stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border wall, humanitarian groups have been giving food, water, blankets, and warm clothes to asylum-seekers. I accompanied Sr. Judy Bourg and some volunteers on a recent trip in January.
Mercy Srs. JoAnn Persch and Pat Murphy, along with Mercy Associate Carol Conway and dozens of volunteers and donors, have been hard at work delivering peace and mercy to asylum seekers in Chicago.
From A Nun's Life podcasts - Holy Cross Sr. Sharlet Wagner learned about the enduring power of faith and hope from her clients when she worked for an immigration legal services program in Utah.
In many ways, Sr. Norma Pimentel, a Missionary of Jesus, has become the face of the Catholic response to migrants in the Rio Grande Valley, where she leads Catholic Charities in the Diocese of Brownsville.
The increase in migration has shelters along the route at capacity, but places such as CAFEMIN in Mexico City, run by the Josephine sisters, are among the few stops where migrants are still welcomed, despite overcrowding.
From A Nun's Life podcasts - Not until she was working with unaccompanied minors in US Immigration Services did Sr. Trish Doan realize the truth: As a Vietnamese refugee, she herself had been an unaccompanied minor.