Catholic Bishops of Georgia Issue Immigration Statement

Last updated on: February 11, 2025 at 1:07 pm By Father Pablo Migone

On February 4th, 2025, Archbishop Gregory J Hartmayer, OFM Conv. and Bishop Stephen D. Parkes, along with the three Auxiliary Bishops of Atlanta, issued the following statement. I am grateful for the support shown to the immigrant community of Georgia, a significant percent of which is Catholic. La versión en español sigue luego de la original en inglés. Here’s the statement: The Catholic Church proclaims to the world that human life is sacred and has intrinsic value because every human... Read more

I See The Human Pain – A Reflection On Immigration

Last updated on: February 11, 2025 at 9:23 am By Father Pablo Migone

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I Was Shocked Last week, the Savannah Morning News published an article that captured perfectly what I expressed to the reporter, Destini Ambus. She captured not only my words but also my sentiments. She not only took information from the interview, but I can tell she took the time to read many of my blog posts from throughout the years. I was shocked on Wednesday when I saw a picture of me celebrating Mass for Our Lady of Guadalupe on... Read more

Pope suppresses Peruvian Sodalitium of Christian Life

Last updated on: January 31, 2025 at 11:50 pm By Father Pablo Migone

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Today, at the conclusion of its sixth General Assembly, the Sodalitium of Christian Life, a Catholic Society of Apostolic Life founded in Lima, Peru in the 1970s by the layman Luis Fernando Figari, announced that the Holy Father Francis has suppressed the community. Rumors of this announcement emerged a few weeks ago while the assembly was still in course in Aparecida, Brazil. The assembly quickly reprimanded two members who had leaked the information. You can read the press release in... Read more

The immigrant experience, my experience

Last updated on: January 29, 2025 at 9:30 am By Father Pablo Migone

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I am convinced that if possible, every person prefers to remain in the country where he or she was born. There are only a few things more disruptive in a person’s life than being uprooted from everything that is familiar and attempting to replant those roots elsewhere. I will never forget the day in 1991 when my mother told my sister and me that we would leave our homeland, Peru. Bombs blasted daily in Lima, kidnappings, blackouts, murders and rampant... Read more

Beatification Coming to USA, Pedro de Corpa and Companions

Last updated on: January 27, 2025 at 10:41 am By Father Pablo Migone

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Today we rejoice with exciting news from Rome. The Diocese of Savannah has issued the statement below, confirming that Pope Francis has officially recognized that the friars killed in September 1597 in coastal Georgia truly died as witnesses of the faith. I’ve been closely involved in this Cause for Beatification since 2014 when I visited the Congregation for the Causes of Saints and the Postulator of the Cause in Rome with the now Archbishop of Atlanta, Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM... Read more

Vice President Vance openly criticizes U.S. Bishops

Last updated on: January 26, 2025 at 11:04 pm By Father Pablo Migone

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Vice- President JD Vance accused the US Conference of Catholic Bishops during a Face the Nation interview that their involvement in humanitarian aid toward immigrants is fueled by financial gain. He further stated that the US Bishops have not been good partners in common sense immigration enforcement. I am not sure where to begin critiquing these points. The worst is that he makes these statements flourishing them with indications that he is a devout Catholic. He mentions that he is... Read more

Pacific Palisades Catholic Church Burns

Last updated on: January 13, 2025 at 3:08 pm By Father Pablo Migone

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The website of Corpus Christi Catholic Church in Pacific Palisades, California, currently states next to a picture of a burnt out shell of a church: “I have no words. Our beautiful church in Pacific Palisades, as of this morning. Praying for my hometown, the LAFD and everyone affected by these horrific fires.” The site has a memo from Monsignor Liam Kidney, pastor, stating there will be Mass this Sunday at 1pm at Saint Monica Parish for the people of... Read more

Holy Year 2025, Open the Doors to Christ

Last updated on: January 2, 2025 at 4:58 pm By Father Pablo Migone

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Pope Francis has opened the Holy Door at Saint Peter Basilica in the Vatican. Every twenty-five years since the year 1300, the Church has proclaimed a year of Jubilee. This is consistent with the Jewish tradition of a jubilee when debts were pardoned and slaves were freed. On December 30th, I had the opportunity to walk through this door which is usually sealed shut with concrete. The Holy Year is a moment in the life of the Church when the... Read more

Statement from Bishop Parkes Regarding Immigration

Last updated on: December 20, 2024 at 2:40 pm By Father Pablo Migone

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Bishop Stephen D. Parkes, Bishop of Savannah, issued the statement below in regards to immigration issues which affect the Catholic Church in the United States. The first, is the uncertainty of many Catholic faithful who are in the United States without proper authorization, the second, is the significant delays in the immigration process for clergy to remain in the United States once their Religious Worker Visa expires. This second concern is causing many dioceses throughout the country to loose priests... Read more

January 2025: How can immigrants prepare?

Last updated on: December 21, 2024 at 12:02 am By Father Pablo Migone

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As January 2025 approaches, many of my latino parishioners have asked what they can do to better prepare. Even though there is much uncertainty as to exactly what will happen, this is a list of best practices complied by me based on personal past experience and a presentation by Adelina Nicholls of the Georgia Latino Alliance of Human Rights. Please share this list with community leaders so undocumented immigrants will be prepared and know their rights. La lista está traducida... Read more