Immigration

What does the Church actually teach about immigration and open borders? Father Chris Alar, MIC, explains in his Mass homily at the National Shrine of The Divine Mercy on Feb. 13, 2025.

Episode 96 with Fr. Bruce Niely
Father Bruce is a Paulist priest (The Missionary Society of St. Paul the Apostle) in the Austin, Texas area. He has led an exciting life and is the spiritual director for the EADM DM cenacles of prayer in the Austin area. He is a Missionary of Mercy priest, has done work in NYC after 9/11, works often with border towns and immigrants, and did pastoral work after the Uvalde shootings recently.

"[Immigration] is not just a matter of politics. It's a matter of humanity." Five U.S. bishops visited the southern border to focus on family unity.