This autumn we can expect much debate about immigration. This issue particularly affects Catholics. So many of us are immigrants or the descendants of immigrants and our religion has very specific things to say about our duties to the stranger in our midst.
I have been an immigrant in two countries and have travelled widely. I know from direct experience the profound truth of Pope Francis's statement on Wednesday:
Consider the presence of so many brothers and sisters who are migrants to be an opportunity of human growth, of meeting and dialogue among cultures and religions, and also even an occasion to witness to the Gospel of Charity
