Foreign-born Catholic priests and religious brothers and sisters whose futures in the U.S. have become uncertain in recent years amid a federal immigration processing backlog have received some long-awaited relief.
Foreign Priests
US Bishops Support Bill Easing Immigrant Religious Workers’ Path to Permanent Residency
The U.S. bishops on April 10 told congressional lawmakers they support bipartisan legislation that would ease some immigration restrictions on religious workers from other countries, allowing them to stay in the U.S. while they wait for permanent residency.
English Police to Allow Priests to Give Last Rites at Crime Scenes
Police in England have produced national guidelines to allow priests to give last rites to Catholics dying at crime scenes.
A Year Into Lockdown, Church in Netherlands Fears Permanent Decline
One year after the first ecclesial lockdown came into effect in the Netherlands, “ordinary parish life is partly falling away” and the crisis is accelerating the already existing problem of secularization.
Nicaragua Bishops Protest Government’s Expulsion of Foreign-Born Priests
Nicaragua’s bishops are urging prayers for peace after the regime’s latest salvo in its war against the Catholic Church.