Social Media Ideas for Cbcp Episcopal Commission For The Pastoral Care Of Migrants And Itinerant People

CBCP official for concrete action to support migrants, families

MANILA — A Catholic bishop on Sunday called on parishes to turn their welcome of migrants into concrete action, saying good intentions must be matched by care and practical support...

Philippine Church marks 40 years of National Migrants’ Sunday

MANILA — The Philippine Catholic Church is marking 40 years of National Migrants’ Sunday on September 27 with a renewed call to protect migrants and refugees from trafficking, expl...

Church, Customs strengthen pastoral care for Pinoy seafarers

MANILA — The Catholic Church and the Bureau of Customs (BOC) have strengthened cooperation to give Catholic chaplains greater access to ships and provide pastoral care to Filipino...

Bishop: Church must defend land rights of IPs, farmers

A Catholic bishop has urged consecrated men and women to stand with Indigenous peoples and farmers facing displacement, saying the Church must defend their dignity and protect thei...

Denver Bishops Mark America 250 With Message on Migrants and Refugees

cna

Bishops welcome Veloso’s absolute pardon, return to family

MANILA — The Catholic bishops’ migrants ministry welcomed the absolute pardon granted to former overseas Filipino worker Mary Jane Veloso, ending nearly 15 years of detention in co...

When Fear Prevents People from Attending Mass and the Church Understands: Bishop of Indianapolis Exempts Migrants from S...

The decree, issued September 4, is an unusually concrete pastoral response to an atmosphere of anxiety surrounding the intensified immigration crackdown in the United States The po...

Walking with the Displaced: How Jesuit Mission Brings Hope to Refugees and Migrants in ANW Province

In Cuernavaca, North American bishops focus on migration, AI and church cooperation

"Millions of Catholics from the three countries are part of one same church and share one same faith," the bishops said in a statement. Borders between nations "need not become bor...

IPAP strengthens interchurch ties, launches Bible Exchange Program at Pasig forum

The International Pastors Association for Peace (IPAP) is strengthening collaboration among Christian leaders through an inter-church peace partnership and a Bible Exchange Program...

CBCP urges new Bangsamoro leaders make region ‘a home for everyone’

Catholic bishops are calling on newly elected Bangsamoro leaders to make the region “a home for everyone” after its first parliamentary elections. The Catholic Bishops’ Conference...

Catholics Process in Washington, Head to Congress in Solidarity With Migrants

cna

Church-run center offers hygiene facilities to street dwellers

MANILA — A Catholic-run drop-in center in Quezon City is providing people living on the streets access to basic hygiene facilities while encouraging them to help maintain the space...

Bishop: Church cannot preach communion while its ministers are divided

MANILA — A Catholic bishop on Tuesday urged fellow prelates, priests and religious to strengthen their relationships, saying divisions undermine the Church’s witness to communion....

Bishop: Church needs prophets, not status quo defenders

ZAMBOANGA City — A Catholic bishop challenged religious superiors Wednesday to put defending marginalized communities ahead of maintaining church institutions, urging them to becom...

As Salvadoran TPS deadline nears, Hispanic Pentecostal leaders urge immigration protections

Fifty Hispanic Pentecostal bishops and denominational leaders, who represent more than 21,000 congregations across the U.S. and Latin America, are gathering in Washington on Tuesda...

Episcopal bishop joins Anglicans to bring faith-based advocacy to UN biodiverbiosity conference

[Episcopal News Service] The United Nations is four days into its biennial Conference of the Parties on the Convention on Biological Diversity, and the Rt. Rev. Cathleen Bascom, Th...

A Church Close to the People: Jesuit Pastoral Mission and the Ministry of Accompaniment in ANW Province

‘Clear the Road to Freedom’ pilgrimage brings faith communities together in solidarity with immigrants

[Diocese of Los Angeles] By the time “Clear the Road to Freedom” walkers reached Los Angeles Oct. 6, they had focused national media attention on inhumane ICE detention center cond...

Padre Pio shrine should send pilgrims home as ‘instruments of mercy,’ cardinal says

STO. TOMAS CITY, Batangas — Cardinal Pablo Virgilio David said Wednesday the newly declared international Shrine of Saint Padre Pio should inspire pilgrims not just to seek God’s m...