Politics

By Peter Pinedo, National Catholic Register - The USCCB is one of 10 “national resettlement agencies” that partner with USRAP to take in and assist these refugees... The bishops said that dioceses and local Catholic Charities agencies “play an essential role in helping refugees to integrate successfully into their new communities.”.. Bishop Mark Seitz, chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Migration Committee, applauded Catholic organizations’ contributions to the refugee resettlement program, saying that “from lifesaving protection for refugee families to the economic renewal they offer receiving communities, this is part of what it means to ‘love thy neighbor.’”

By Peter Pinedo, CNA - According to the Pew Research Center, there will be 36.2 million eligible Hispanic voters this year, up almost 4 million from 2020... As a record number of Hispanic Americans will be eligible to vote this November, many are asking what impact Latinos — and Latino Catholics in particular — will have on the 2024 election... “We are big on family, family values … We want to be welcoming and be very attentive to the needs of others,” said Lia Garcia, one of the panelists and the director of Hispanic ministry at the Archdiocese of Baltimore.