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Pictures from Bishops' Mission to Haiti
The delegation visited Sacred Heart Parish in Port-au-Prince. The 5,000-member church was demolished in the earthquake. Its congregation has shrunk to about 2,000 members as a result of displacement, death, and migration.
Sacred Heart Parish
Sacred Heart Parish
Bishops' Delegation Finds Haiti Mission Both Disturbing and Hopeful
August 6, 2010
WASHINGTON DC (MetroCatholic) – The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops 
(USCCB) sponsored a delegation July 26-August 2 to Haiti and the Caribbean region to examine the plight of Haitians impacted by the January 12 earthquake.
USCCB Migration Chairman Lauds AZ Decision
URGES COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM
WASHINGTON (July 29, 2010) — As chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Migration, Bishop John C. Wester of Salt Lake City applauded the July 28 decision by U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton to halt some of the most controversial provisions of Arizona SB 1070 from going into effect the next day. Bishop Wester lamented the status quo on immigration as “unacceptable” and called for the Federal government to act immediately on immigration reform.
Catholic Charities Atlanta Program Director Honored by CLINIC
July 28, 2010
Sue Colussy receives prestigious Friend of CLINIC award
Catholic Charities Atlanta is pleased to announce that our Immigration Legal Services’ program director, Sue Colussy, was rewarded with a lifetime achievement award at the recent Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC) gathering in New Orleans, LA.
Immigration Services Attorney Receives Prestigious Liberty Bell Award
ATLANTA, GA, (July 23, 2010) - During the recent annual DeKalb County Bar
Association’s “Law Day” breakfast, Rebeca Salmon, an attorney with the
Immigrant Children’s Advocacy Project of Catholic Charities Atlanta received
the 2010 Liberty Bell Award for outstanding service to the community, in
particular serving abandoned and abused foreign children. This award gives
public recognition to men and women, including non-lawyers for outstanding
service in the following areas:
Tucson Bishop Testifes Before Congress
WASHINGTON (July 14, 2010) — Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas of Tucson, Arizona, Vice-president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, testified before Congress on the ethical imperative for reform of the U.S. immigration system. He spoke July 14, before the House Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
The Church & Immigration Part II: Facing Legal Challenges
Catholic News Service
June 22, 2010
By Chaz Muth
Migrating to the U.S. is not a simple process and U.S. church leaders believe the current system is unfair, prohibitive, and keeps impoverished immigrants needlessly separated from their families.
View the story here: The Church and Immigration Part II: Facing Legal Challenges.
Refugees build success from nothing
Mark Curnutte
June 20, 2010
Not all of the immigrants arriving in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky are from Mexico or Central America.
Instead, think Bhutan. Burma. Eritrea. Somalia.
They're brought here because the federal government recognized them as refugees, and the Catholic Church agreed to resettle them here.
Bishops want Illegal Immigration solved at root
By Patricia Zapor
Catholic News Service
Published in Arkansas Catholic
WASHINGTON -- Bishops of the United States, Canada, Central America and the Caribbean called on their governments to address the economic root causes of migration and seek policies that will help create jobs for people in their homelands.
