Clergy barred from entering Alligator Alcatraz
”Christian” Trump Administration BANS religious services @ Alligator Alcatraz
By Michael Shackelford, Funny Farm News
"They could build that place in less than a week, so it doesn't seem that it should take two or three weeks to tell the archbishop of Miami his priest can go in to minister to the detainees,"
- Archbishop Thomas Wenski, July 21, 2025
Pope at Mass in Castel Gandolfo: Let us imitate Christ, the Good Samaritan
By Deborah Castellano Lubov, Vatican News
White House Border Czar admits ICE stopping people based on “physical appearance”
By Michael Shackelford, Funny Farm News
ICE cuffs, detains & bruises 71-year-old Grandma court observer
By Michael Shackelford, Funny Farm News
Catholics in San Bernardino can skip Mass if they have a “genuine fear” of ICE
By Michael Shackelford, Funny Farm News
"Authorities are now seizing brothers and sisters indiscriminately, without respect for their right to due process and their dignity as children of God."
Those who have a “genuine fear of immigration enforcement actions, are unable to attend Sunday Mass or Masses on holy days of obligation” do not have to attend Mass.
- Bishop Alberto Rojas, Diocese of San Bernardino
Homeland Security weaponizes Bible verse to justify Trump's immigration tactics
- By John Grosso, National Catholic Reporter
“Having apparently no sense of irony, video makers used ‘God's Gonna Cut You Down’ as the musical accompaniment. Famously the song is about how no matter how self-righteous one is, sinners cannot hide from the divine justice of God.
That might be a lesson that those in the Trump administration will have to learn the hard way.”
Mexico's changing tune on immigration
By Rhina Guidos, Global Sisters Report
“Mexico, which has hailed its migrants as heroes and even composed songs about them as noble protagonists, has become a place where xenophobia is on the rise. The Spanish-language network Univision aired a report in December 2022 showing how private Facebook groups have promoted anti-immigrant narratives of Mexico being invaded by Venezuelans, Central Americans, Africans and Haitians, something fueled by lies presented as news from right-wing outlets from the U.S.”
Alligator Alcatraz Is A “Sinful Initiative”
-By Tom Tracy, OSV News
To persecute migrants is not Christian . . . This breaks all the barriers on how we treat migrants . . . knowing that migrants are doing the jobs that absolutely no one wants to do. . . . To have this Alligator Alcatraz is a very sinful initiative — to say nobody can escape because the gators are around is very sinful.”
- Father Federico Capdepón
A day outside an LA detention center shows profound impact of ICE raids on families
By Jaimie Ding, AP
“On a recent day, dozens of people arrived with medication, clothing and hope of seeing their loved one, if only briefly. After hours of waiting, many were turned away with no news, not even confirmation that their relative was inside. Some relayed reports of horrific conditions inside, including inmates who are so thirsty that they have been drinking from the toilets.”
Archbishop Timothy Broglio juggles roles as leader of US bishops and shepherd of Catholic troops
By Aleja Hertzler-McCain, National Catholic Reporter
On June 22, the morning after President Donald Trump announced U.S. forces had bombed several nuclear sites in Iran, Archbishop Timothy Broglio issued two responses, one for each of the two hats he wears — president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and as archbishop for the U.S. military services.
As USCCB president, Broglio wrote, "we beg Almighty God to end the proliferation of acts of war and to inspire dialogue before more innocent people are harmed." As a shepherd for service members, he shared his prayers for them, their families and peace.
But on the use of troops to enforce immigration policy and mass deportations, Broglio has shied away from criticizing the commander-in-chief or the uniformed leadership, revealing the tricky position of occupying two roles that have never been held by the same man.
https://www.ncronline.org/news/broglio-juggles-roles-leader-us-bishops-and-shepherd-catholic-troops
Shining a light on Trump's un-American activities
By Michael Sean Winters, National Catholic Reporter
"Masks bring to my mind the paramilitaries and death squads that seized people and made them 'disappear' during the 1970s and 1980s in Chile, during the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet, and in El Salvador during the presidency of Jose Napoleón Duarte," wrote theologian Tobias Winright, himself a former police officer, at America magazine. For those of us with ancestors from former Soviet bloc nations, that terrible time was not only about economic deprivation and a lack of political freedoms; it was the fear of the knock on the door by secret police.
https://www.ncronline.org/opinion/shining-light-trumps-un-american-activities
Catholic Bishops Try to Rally Opposition to Trump’s Immigration Agenda
“But now they [the bishops] are increasingly invoking Pope Leo XIV’s leadership and Pope Francis’s legacy against Mr. Trump’s immigration actions, and prioritizing humane treatment of immigrants as a top public issue. They are protesting the president’s current domestic policy bill in Congress, showing up at court hearings to deter Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, and urging Catholics and non-Catholics alike to put compassion for humans ahead of political allegiances.”
By Elizabeth Dias, The New York Times
America Just Beat Up These Marines’ Dad
The Three Marine Brothers Who Feel ‘Betrayed’ by America
What is it like for Latinos in the military now?
-By Xochitl Gonzalez, The Atlantic