Sometimes a story breaks that isn’t just outrageous — it’s clarifying. Last week, we learned that Juan Carlos Mora, a 24-year-old Venezuelan man with a daughter of his own, was arrested in Ohio after spending more than a year enrolled…
U.S. Catholic bishops are once again opposing President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda, but they may want to examine Catholic teaching on immigration and national sovereignty first. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) recently published a document lamenting many of…
In 2022, I met with U.S. Border Patrol agents stationed in my home district of Erie, Pennsylvania. I have previously met with these agents, but a usually vibrant, upbeat tone in their voice now sounded tired. In a way, they…
A Story of Bogus Virtue When I was in my early twenties, I met a rabbi who worked as a kosher slaughterer. He was an old-fashioned, pious man who had grown up in Poland and escaped to the U.S. shortly…
There was a time when organized crime meant control — of streets, of cities, of governments forced into uneasy truces with the men who ruled them. But today’s criminal economy is not about control; it is about movement. Modern crime…
President Donald Trump is reportedly considering a sweeping expansion of U.S. travel restrictions, affecting 41 countries, according to sources cited in the New York Post. This move signals a renewed effort to tighten national security, curb illegal migration, and prevent potential terror…
In the shadows of Canada’s progressive image lies an unsettling truth: for decades, the country has operated as a revolving door for the world’s most dangerous individuals. While its leaders drape themselves in virtue, professing an open-arms approach to immigration,…
America’s Catholic bishops are decrying the evils of human trafficking, while ignoring their own role in facilitating the dehumanizing practice amidst the illegal immigration crisis. Bishop Mark Seitz of El Paso, Texas, chairman of immigration activities for the U.S. Conference…
Faithful Catholics have been saddened by the allegations — most recently suggested by Vice President JD Vance — that their Church has been complicit in creating the humanitarian crisis at the border. Vance pointed out that the Catholic Church has…
