On the wide, sweeping plains of Hudson, Colorado, an intimate group of Catholics, faith leaders and human rights representatives gathered to pray the Rosary on July 10. Just outside the vacant Hudson Correctional Facility, the group interceded for those who will occupy the facility when it reopens as a 1,200-bed detention center for the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

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When the news broke that Lorenzo Salgado Araujo had been shot and killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent as he drove his construction crew to work in Houston last week, a Vatican representative was meeting with immigrant families at a Houston Catholic parish. The families were sharing about the intense levels of fear their community has been experiencing.

The Vatican’s social teachings were on full display during a weekend event at St. Oscar Romero Miraculous Medal Church in Meadow Lands. The Rev. Mattia Ferrari, chaplain of the World Meeting of Popular Movements (WMPM), stopped in Washington on his month-long “An Economy That Kills” national tour to discuss the intersection of labor rights, environmental protection and Catholic doctrine.

Last night I watched the film Leo in Rome (Leone a Roma), a short documentary produced by the Vatican’s Dicastery for Communication that assembles archival images, interviews, and contemporary footage to tell the story of Robert Francis Prevost’s time in Rome prior to his becoming Pope Leo XIV. We hear from his classmates at the Angelicum, his alma mater, as well as former parishioners and members of the Augustinian Order of which he served as Prior General from 2001 to 2013.

HUDSON, Colo. — Faith leaders and a delegation with ties to the Vatican gathered Thursday at a proposed ICE detention facility in Hudson, praying the rosary and calling for human dignity to be centered in the debate over immigration enforcement, according to those present.

SEATTLE — Catholic leaders in western Washington say they feel a wave of energy in the church as hundreds of parishioners have continued to gather in public displays of faith and solidarity of migrants over the past eight months.

Fr. Mattia Ferrari and his companions from the World Meeting of Popular Movements and CELAM (Luca Casarini and Cesar Piscoya) are now in the US for their 40 day tour of encounters / encuentros with community organizing groups, Catholic bishops / clergy / religious, and lay leaders. 

Acompañar a una persona migrante cuando comparece ante el Servicio de Control de Inmigración y Aduanas (ICE) de Estados Unidos, organizar turnos para alertar de las redadas, repartir alimentos entre quienes viven escondidos o convertir una parroquia en el corazón de una comunidad. Frente a las políticas de deportación impulsadas por la Administración Trump, comunidades cristianas y movimientos populares de California están tejiendo redes de fraternidad para que nadie afronte solo el miedo, la detención o la expulsión.

In New Jersey on Saturday, Catholic activists gathered near the front gates of Delaney Hall to pray the rosary in solidarity with those detained in the Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility.

SANDERSON, Fla.  |  Immigrant advocates had prayerfully walked towards the grounds in front of Baker County Correctional Center before. But a June 13, 2026, procession was different. In celebration of the feast of Corpus Christi, a priest led the procession with the consecrated Eucharist housed in the monstrance. The literal Body of Christ served as the tangible presence among the walkers who prayed for the detainees — siblings in the spiritual Body of Christ.

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — The noonday sun shone over Columbia Heights in Northwest Washington as people moved between corner markets and families pushed strollers past Salvadoran pupuserías, Dominican and Mexican restaurants, pho shops and fruit vendors shaded beneath bright umbrellas.

La solemnidad de Corpus Christi, que celebra la presencia real y viva de Jesucristo en la Eucaristía, adquirió un significado especial para la comunidad católica inmigrante en la misa celebrada en la parroquia Sagrado Corazón y luego en la procesión realizada por las calles del Distrito de Columbia, el domingo 7 de junio de 2026.

The noonday sun shone over Columbia Heights in Northwest Washington, D.C., as people moved between corner markets and families pushed strollers past Salvadoran pupuserías, Dominican and Mexican restaurants, pho shops and fruit vendors shaded beneath bright umbrellas.

For Corpus Christi Sunday, almost 250 people joined Catholics in Communion/NY at mass and a procession centered on the care of our neighbors and what the gospel calls us to do. #CatholicsInCommunion #SeasonofFaithfulWitness

As Catholics from all over the world observed Corpus Christi by processing through the streets to celebrate the Eucharist, about 300 parishioners in Washington, D.C., did the same—with a specific focus on honoring the dignity of immigrants.

LA CROSSE (WKBT) -- The Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration and Viterbo Campus Ministry invited the public to participate in a Eucharistic procession today. The event is part of a "Season of Faithful Witness." The group is calling attention to public policies they say are causing suffering. The sisters say this includes topics like immigration, racism, health care and food assistance.

The Feast of Corpus Christi, also known as the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, honors the Real Presence of Jesus Christ in the Holy Eucharist. It occurs on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday. This year, it was Thursday, June 4. For greater Mass and procession attendance, however, the Church in the United States and several other episcopal conferences designate the following Sunday for observance of Corpus Christi Sunday; this year, June 7.