The Church in America Initiative focuses on the future of the Catholic Church in the United States, with particular emphasis on the challenges facing Latino communities in the U.S., especially in the areas of education, immigration and incarceration.

“You don’t have to regulate your borders with cruelty and inhumanity. There’s no need for that.”

Immigration policies rolled out during the Trump administration have spread fear among immigrant populations in the U.S., but Catholic organizations and parishes have responded with renewed efforts focused on helping those groups, a new survey says.

Amidst a national debate about human rights violations on the border, lawyers speak out about disturbing conditions at a Texas border patrol station.

"We must respond in a humane manner, a Christian manner, and we must try to help people, not harm them."