Solidarity at a Cost
Over this past week, WPI has run a series of articles and reflections focused on the current suffering of U.S. immigrants and the risks to those who are working to protect them. Central to all of these posts has been...
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An Open Letter to U.S. Immigrants
I am a descendant of Elder William Brewster and his wife, Mary. Elder Brewster was the spiritual leader of the Pilgrims, one of the first Europeans to set foot in New England, and a signer of the Mayflower Compact. As...
All You Holy Men and Women, Save Your People
Note: This essay was written in the weeks between the Minneapolis killings of Renée Nicole Good and Alex Pretti. It was crafted as a personal meditation from the perspective of three mothers – the author herself, Renee Good, and Mary,...
USCCB Files Amicus Brief for Birthright Citizenship Case
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. have issued an amicus brief for a Supreme Court case on birthright citizenship that will be heard on April 1, 2026. An amicus brief is information...
American Catholics Cannot Accept This Mass Deportation Campaign
Note from WPI: Given the importance of addressing the recent U.S. Immigration response, we have decided to dedicate this first week of March to highlighting the current situation in the U.S. and to discussing the Catholic response. We have chosen...
Third Space Podcast: Rhonda Miska – Ministering in Minneapolis
In this episode, I spoke with Rhonda Miska, a lay minister working at a parish in the Twin Cities. A couple of weeks ago, I received an email from Rhonda introducing herself, thanking me for the podcast, and sharing with...
Imagining A Better World This Year
This reflection was first posted by The Southern Cross – The Catholic Magazine for Southern Africa on December 29, 2025. The world is a wonderful place. Our God is so good in giving it to us, but to a large...
Can Catholics Ignore Prudential Teachings?
What exactly are prudential teachings—and how much authority do they really carry? In this video, Pedro Gabriel explains where prudential judgments fit within the hierarchy of the magisterium, why they are often misunderstood, and how they are frequently misused to...
What Martin Luther King Jr. has to say to Bishop Robert Barron
I’ve been reflecting on how MLK confronted structures of sin within Christianity, and how he would respond to Catholics today. Specifically, how he would respond to Bishop Barron’s failure to be a voice of moral clarity during the ICE raids...
Were Mary and Joseph Migrants? Why the Church Says Yes
Every Christmas we picture the nativity as peaceful and warm — but the real story includes a family fleeing for their lives. In this video, Pedro Gabriel explores the question behind one of today’s biggest Christmas controversies: were Mary and...
The Doctrinal Crisis over Immigration In the US Church
A deep divide has opened between the Catholic Church’s consistent teaching on immigration and the instincts of many US Catholics shaped more by partisan identity than by the Gospel. Catholic teaching on migration begins with the foundational truths that undergird...
Pope Leo XIV, Open Borders Accusations, and Loophole Catholicism
Many Catholics recently celebrated a quote from Pope Leo XIV that was widely interpreted as a rejection of “open borders.” But is that what he actually meant? And how does this fit into a broader pattern of “loophole Catholicism”, the...
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