Bishop Thomas R. Zinkula of Davenport, Iowa has called for the release of three Guatemalan immigrant detainees as the pandemic places them in "a very vulnerable situation."
During a recent online panel discussion sponsored by Georgetown University's Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life and Catholic Relief Services, Cardinal Peter Turkson urged that Catholics "feel for other people" in this pandemic crisis.
As we face the challenge of Covid-19, our obligations to the citizens of our own country must not negate our duties to global humanity. Active support for the poor and the displaced will be essential in longer-term efforts for a more just, more inclusive and healthier post-crisis world.