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“Our nation’s immigration procedures” are “among the issues that keep me awake at night,” Archbishop Edward Weisenburger of Detroit wrote in a newspaper column.

Commenting on recent actions by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, Archbishop Weisenburger said that “I must admit that when I look at the totality of this situation, I am dumbfounded and deeply disturbed ... Increasingly, I find myself asking if our nation is losing its very soul.”

The prelate added that “without substantial immigration reform that balances legitimately maintained borders with the mercy that has always been at the root of our nation, I fear we will continue to see 5-year-olds separated from mothers, American citizens killed while protesting or exercising their right to free speech and documented immigrants who arrived in this nation via the correct channels rounded up for deportation.”

Amid Russian bombings, Ukrainian Catholic diocese houses families (L'Osservatore Romano (Italian))

Posted on 02/5/2026 05:02 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)

Bishop Pavlo Honcharuk of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia, Ukraine, announced that he will house families affected by Russian bombings in diocesan offices.

Father Wojciech Stasiewicz, director of the diocesan charitable organization Caritas-Spes, discussed the bishop’s decision in an interview with the Vatican newspaper and said that Russian bombing has left 70%-80% of Kharkiv’s residents without power, amid subzero temperatures.

“Without electricity, there is no heating, and this makes life extremely difficult, especially in apartment buildings where there are no alternatives such as stoves or fireplaces,” said Father Stasiewicz.

The priest expressed gratitude for donations of generators from the Polish government and Caritas Poland.