As people of faith, we must defend migrants and refugees at a time when the state is increasingly moving to dehumanize them.

Supporting immigrants in this country is about American greatness because American greatness has always depended on immigration.

It isn’t the cuteness, the nationality, the religion, the hair or skin color of a child that makes them innocent but rather just being a child.

A scholarship program in Belize funded by U.S.A.I.D. gave me an incredible opportunity to change my life for the better. I saw it as proof that the United States was practicing love toward its neighbors.

Who will win it all? Probably not a Catholic school, but hope springs eternal.

I am well aware of the dangers of “raising awareness” and making a show of one’s fasting. But I am telling people about this publicly so that they can consider whether Pepfar is something they would like to fast over.