MIGRANT CRISIS | BISHOP KEVIN J. FARRELL

Bishop Kevin J. Farrel gestures during a press conference to discuss the humanitarian crisis of unaccompanied minors into the U.S at the Dallas Pastoral Center in Dallas July 21. (JENNA TETER/The Texas Catholic)

Bishop Farrell: “These are our brothers and sisters.”

Dallas Bishop Kevin J. Farrell on July 21 cited Scripture in calling for a humane and non-partisan lens as the gateway to addressing the flow of unaccompanied minor children who have crossed the nation’s southwestern border. Read more →

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Activities reflect vision of center’s mission

As the morning haze lifted on a mid-June day, children’s banter and cheers reverberated through the tree-shrouded grounds of the Santa Clara Regional Community Center in west Dallas. A kickball game engaged one group on a hill adjacent to the buildings and sparkling swimming pool. Other children romped on playground equipment while three small boys played “tag” under counselors’ supervision at the new center’s first annual summer camp. Read more →

Catholic Charities ready to offer assistance

Vanna Slaughter of Immigration and Legal Services at Catholic Charities of Dallas answers reporters' questions about a collaboration with Catholic Charities of Fort Worth during a press conference at Catholic Charities in Fort Worth on July 15. (JENNA TETER/The Texas Catholic)

Fort Worth Bishop Michael Olson on July 15 underscored the collaboration uniting efforts by his diocese and the Diocese of Dallas as a key element in responding to the humanitarian crisis at the nation’s southwestern border. Bishop Olson joined officials from Catholic Charities of Dallas and Catholic Charities Fort Worth during a news briefing at the Fort Worth organization’s main campus. Read more →

Vatican to support help for child migrants

Mexican Foreign Minister Jose Antonio Meade Kuribrena walks with Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, in Mexico City July 13. Cardinal Parolin traveled to Mexico to discuss the flow of child migrants from Central America with regional counterparts. (CNS photo/courtesy of SRE)

Speaking at the Mexico’s Foreign Relations Secretariat July 14, Cardinal Pietro Parolin repeated a recent call of bishops in five countries for Catholics and society at large to lend a helping hand for the thousands of young migrants traveling through Mexico and often arriving unaccompanied in the United States. Read more →

Pope Francis meets abuse victims

In a lengthy homily in Spanish July 7, Pope Francis told abuse survivors that "despicable actions" caused by clergy have been hidden for too long and had been "camouflaged with a complicity that cannot be explained."

Asking for forgiveness, Pope Francis told abuse survivors that “despicable actions” caused by clergy have been hidden for too long and had been “camouflaged with a complicity that cannot be explained.” In a lengthy homily in Spanish July 7, the pope thanked the three men and three women — two each from Ireland, the United Kingdom and Germany — for coming to the Vatican to meet with him. Read more →

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Pope Francis greets the crowd as he arrives to lead his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican June 18. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Church is essential for faith, pope says

Pope Francis uses incense as he celebrates a Mass attended by 250,000 people in Sibari, in Italy's Calabria region, June 21. During his homily, the pope said "mafiosi" are not in communion with God and are excommunicated. The Calabria region is home of the 'Ndrangheta crime organization, known for drug trafficking. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Pope Francis condemns mafia

Pope Francis elevates the Eucharist as he celebrates Mass on the feast of Corpus Christi outside the Basilica of St. John Lateran in Rome June 19. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Pope: Jesus in the Eucharist gives life, love

Pope Francis greets the crowd during his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Pope: Support missions, share God’s love

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Derek Le, center, smiles as he watches his fellow classmates, on a jumbotron, take their seats at the beginning of the Bishop Lynch High School commencement ceremony May 18 at the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland. (JENNA TETER/The Texas Catholic)

Graduation 2014

Tim O' Flaherty, of Lewisville, carries a banner of Our Lady of Lebanon as he walks with his family during the Stand4Life: Dallas March for Life, on Jan. 18 in downtown Dallas. (BEN TORRES/Special Contributor)

March for Life 2014

Members of the Bishop Dunne Catholic School Animal Rescue Club, clockwise from back left, Danae Jackson, Maya Hightower, Teresa Slettebeo, J.P. Coronado and Amanda Greene pose with one of their success stories, Henry, a rescued dog. (Michael Gresham/The Texas Catholic)

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