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The Catholic Church on Immigration

Setting the Record Straight on the Catholic Church’s Commitment to Immigrants

Archbishop William E. Lori & Bill McCarthy, Catholic Charities Baltimore
The Baltimore Sun, Feb 6, 2025

  • The Church’s proper and legal assistance in the resettlement of immigrants.
  • Catholic Social Teaching principles regarding immigration.
  • Migration of those who flee for their lives or livelihoods.
  • A country’s right to regulate its borders and control immigration.
  • Justice, mercy, compassion.

Message from Archbishop Lori to our Sisters and Brothers in the Immigrant Community

Archbishop Lori and the Bishops of Maryland on Solidarity and Accompaniment

Letter of the Holy Father Francis to the Bishops of the United States of America

Pope Francis
February 10, 2025

  • The Holy Family as immigrants.
  • Distinction between Illegal vs. Criminal.
  • A country’s right to protect itself from immigrants and all who have committed violent or serious crimes.
  • Human dignity & Deporting the vulnerable and defenseless.
  • Regulating orderly and legal migration.
  • Clarity: the common good, the rule of law, and order amoris.
  • Charity, solidarity, fraternity.

Catholic Social Teaching on Immigration

U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB)

Welcoming the Stranger Among Us: Unity in Diversity | USCCB

Strangers No Longer:  Together on the Journey of Hope

Quotes from Church Teachings on the Rights of Migrants and Refugees

Catholic Social Teaching on Immigration and the Movement of Peoples

Catholic Church’s Position on Immigration Reform

Border Control & Illegal Immigration. Catholic Ministries Serving Migrants and Refugees 

Immigration: What the Archdiocese of Baltimore is Doing

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