Peter Tran is currently the assistant director of the Redemptorist Renewal Center in Tucson, Arizona. He is a former editor of the Union of Catholic Asian News at the main editorial office in Bangkok. During his years as a Redemptorist, his ministry was extensively in the field of pastoral care for refugees and migrants in the United States and at the Vatican.
A Hmong priest from Thailand has found that ministry in a midtown Milwaukee parish, home to new immigrants and refugees, is not that much different from his church work with hill tribe people in his home country's mountainous region.
Bishop Oscar Solis of Salt Lake City, Utah, talked to NCR about the significance of the U.S. bishops' pastoral response to Asian and Pacific Islander communities, a document approved this year, and how it could enrich the U.S. church in dialogue with culture.
U.S. bishops adopted a document last spring that addresses "pastoral response" to Asian and Pacific Islander Catholic communities. Community leaders applaud its recommendations and practical pathways to encounter.
Redemptorist Fr. Charles Vijay Kumar's upcoming documentary, "Who Is My Neighbor?", shows the human faces of worldwide migration and asks for a Christian response.
Los Angeles: People at a recent symposium on migration say that in order to move forward in solving migration issues, they must first and foremost understand the migrants' stories of struggles and challenges — and take action.
Ahead of Pope Francis' visit to Myanmar, the plight of the Rohingya people is at the forefront of talk from Muslims and Catholics from that country who now live in the U.S.
Organized by the Karenni-American Catholic Association, the annual event includes spiritual talks, Mass, prayers, music, dancing — and a chance for friends from refugee camps to reunite.
Interviewed in Arkansas, Bishop Stephen Tjphe talks about Karenni Catholics, the church's position on the persecuted Rohingya people, and Pope Francis' upcoming visit to Myanmar.
