by jpic | Mar 21, 2021 | News, Reflexión
Today, March 21, marks the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. An important place to focus on in this work is U.S. immgration policy, which targets Haitians and migrants from other majority black countries for highly discriminatory...
by jpic | Mar 13, 2021 | Formation, News
“All migrants are the same” The individual stories of migrants are often unheard, and the public remains largely unaware of what drove them to leave their homes. Instead, government officials, the media, and others have at times broadly portrayed foreigners, including...
by jpic | Feb 12, 2021 | Formación, Formation, News
Franciscans launch an advocacy diagnosis examining Central American exodus caravans, Covid-19, and massive human rights violations. Every year, more than 300,000 people attempt to reach the United States from countries in Northern Central America. Driven from their...
by jpic | Feb 10, 2021 | Encuentro, Meeting, News
Franciscans International will launch a new diagnosis on migration in Northern Central America, Mexico and the United States. This work is the result of a close cooperation between Franciscans International and the Red Franciscana Para Migrantes, combing a review of...
by jpic | Feb 8, 2021 | News, Reflexión
The members of the Franciscan Network for Migrants gathered to celebrate together the World Day called by Pope Francis on the occasion of the liturgical memory of Saint Josephine Bakhita. On February 8, we celebrate the feast of Saint Josephina Bakhita, a Sudanese nun...