{"id":29169,"date":"2016-02-19T18:08:39","date_gmt":"2016-02-19T23:08:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/?p=29169"},"modified":"2016-02-19T19:05:47","modified_gmt":"2016-02-20T00:05:47","slug":"february-19-2016-pope-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2016\/02\/19\/february-19-2016-pope-border\/29169\/","title":{"rendered":" Pope at the Border"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pope Francis\u2019s visit to the US-Mexican border highlighted a priority he has repeated many times: the Catholic Church\u2019s concern for immigrants and refugees. Correspondent and managing editor Kim Lawton looks at the pope\u2019s statements and Catholic social teaching on the issue. She also speaks with Jeanne Atkinson, executive director of the Catholic Legal Immigration Network, who criticizes the recent rise of anti-immigrant sentiments in parts of the US.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“The story of migration is rooted in our history as Catholics,\u201d says Jeanne Atkinson, executive director of the Catholic Legal Immigration Network. \u201cIt\u2019s everything from the Jewish people\u2019s exile in Exodus to the holy family\u2019s flight to Egypt\u2026This is who we are as American Catholics. We are an immigrant people and an immigrant church.\u201d More →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":160,"featured_media":29227,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6569],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-videocast","topics-culture-and-society","topics-humanitarian","topics-international","topics-religious-leaders","faith-catholic"],"yoast_head":"\nFebruary 19, 2016 ~ Pope at the Border | February 19, 2016 | Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly | PBS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2016\/02\/19\/february-19-2016-pope-border\/29169\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" 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