The Catholic Church in the US announces the National Migration Week asking for more human policies

The Catholic Church in the United States prepares to celebrate the National Migration Week 2025 calling to “deepen the understanding of the challenges they face” migrants and refugees, and reiterating their order “for a more human immigration system.”

The National Migration Week will take place from September 22 to 28, an event that celebrates 45 years and has served for the Catholic Church in the country to reflect “on its history as an immigrant church and how the country has enriched itself thanks to generations of immigrants, including the numerous Catholics who have adopted this land as theirs”, Bishops claim in a statement Posted on September 18.

“It is also an opportunity to deepen the understanding of the challenges faced by migrants and refugees, both in the United States and abroad, and to express solidarity through prayer, accompaniment and defense of their rights,” they add.

The United States Catholic Bishop Conference (USCCB) recalls that Pope Francis chose the issue Migrants, missionaries of hope For the World Migrant and Refugee Day 2025, an event that will be held on October 4 and 5 on the occasion of the jubilee of migrants and not the last Sunday of September, as usually happens.

This issue, indicate the bishops, is “a distinctive seal of their pontificate” and recognizes “the courage and resilience of migrants and refugees who give daily testimony of hope despite the difficulties.”

This year, the National Migration Week takes place amid the deportation policies of the Donald Trump government of undocumented migrants and has generated controversy in several sectors of society.

In that sense, the Episcopate recalls that “US bishops have constantly expressed their solidarity with immigrants in the midst of fear and anxiety caused by current immigration control measures.”

“The bishops have asked, and continue to press, by a more human immigration system, to protect our communities and safeguard everyone’s dignity. This includes promoting bipartisan collaboration among political leaders,” he says.

In that sense, American prelates point out that in their message for the World Migrant and Refugee Day of 2025, “Pope Leo XIV has continued to emphasize the dignity of migrants.”

“In a world darkened by wars and injustices, even where everything seems lost, migrants and refugees stand as messengers of hope. His courage and tenacity are a heroic testimony of a faith that sees beyond what our eyes can see and that gives them strength to challenge death in the different contemporary migratory routes,” says the paragraph of the message of the Pope, cited by the USCB.

Therefore, the bishops of the United States invite the National Migration Week to “reflect on how hope can mold and inform our collective response to migration.”

In that sense, they encourage dioceses, parishes, schools and Catholic organizations throughout the country to celebrate it “with prayer services, educational programs, community extension activities and support for ministries related to migration.”

Bishops inviting entering the website ofJustice for Immigrantswhich “offers a complete set of tools for the National Migration Week 2025, which includes resources to help communities to prepare spiritually and pastorally.”