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Bishops from Portuguese-speaking African countries joined a workshop to update the skills of Catholic journalists covering people on the move, held in Maputo, Mozambique on 25-28 March 2025, and facilitated by SIGNIS Africa and the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Promotion of Integral Human Development.

Bishop Mark J. Seitz, Chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on Migration, led speakers at a multifaith rally in El Paso, Texas, calling on the faithful of all denominations to speak out against the deportation policies of the Trump administration.

Mexican Bishops called for national unity in response to the United States deporting thousands of migrants with irregular status. The Church in Latin America is working to support deportees who, according to the Catholic-inspired migrant support network Red Clamour, are being treated as criminals.

South Korean Bishops have launched the “Wings of Hope” project to meet vital healthcare needs of undocumented migrant children. The aim is to create a national support network to protect children who are in “the blind spot of welfare,” the head of the migrant committee of Seoul Archdiocese said.

Ending funding for refugee resettlement support is illegal, U.S. Bishops argued in a lawsuit against the Trump administration last week. The funding stop is halting efforts to welcome newcomers arriving via this legal pathway and to help them become self-sufficient, the Episcopal Conference said.

We are called to transform sorrow into hope, the Secretary General of the Italian Episcopal Conference said last week in presenting “Taking Care – A Family for Every Community”, a project aiming to involve the Bishops’ Conferences in the Mediterranean region in welcoming people on the move.

Pope Francis’ autobiography shows migration as a phenomenon that has shaped him and his family and defined the call to compassion for migrants at the center of his papacy. This piece from Redemptorists International reflects on this and other life influences recounted by the Holy Father in Hope.

U.S. Bishops have proposed meeting face-to-face with the president and vice-president to discuss immigration issues, the head of the U.S. Episcopal Conference said in a recent Italian TV interview. Archbishop Timothy Broglio also stressed the need for dialogue with legislators about policy reform.

Serving refugees “remains a work of mercy and ministry of the Church,” U.S. Bishops said about their decades-long partnership with the U.S. government’s resettlement program. Their 26 January statement noted that federal funding the Church receives covers only part of the costs of their support for refugees.

Intense fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in recent months has displaced over 200,000 people, moving the Bishops’ Conference in the DRC to organize a day of prayer for peace together with the government. “The humanitarian situation is catastrophic,” said Msgr. Donatien Nshole.

The Church in Mexico will continue to assist and support migrants, the Episcopal Conference said in a statement in response to executive orders by U.S. President Donald Trump targeting immigration at the southern border. “We are convinced that, united, we can offer hope.”

U.S. Bishops condemned Donald Trump’s executive orders on migration, saying they will harm the most vulnerable. Measures like the closure of the southern border to asylum-seekers and attempts to end birthright citizenship “raise urgent moral and human concerns,” said migration lead Bishop Mark J. Seitz.

Migrants enrich and foster greater understanding in host societies, Bishop Fernando García Cadiñanos underlined in a recent public lecture in Cape Verde. A shift from a threat-based narrative to one of interculturality is needed, said the head of the Spanish Episcopal subcommittee for migration.

ICMC members in the region have welcomed news of a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas. “A chance to save lives and restore human dignity,” Caritas Jerusalem said, while the Catholic Ordinaries of the Holy Land spoke of “a necessary step to meet urgent humanitarian needs.”

The U.S. Episcopal Conference urged a humane approach to immigration reform, balancing border regulation with respect for human dignity. In guidelines issued on 6 January, the Bishops called for limiting detention, expanding legal migration pathways, and addressing drivers of forced migration.