Emma Lazarus

Canadian Cardinal Michael Czerny, undersecretary for migrants and refugees at the Vatican Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, poses for a photo at the "Angels Unawares" statue in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Dec. 15, 2020. (CNS)

Cardinal Czerny: Apply Pope Francis' vision to the US church

One of the pope's closest advisers, Cardinal Michael Czerny, encouraged U.S. Catholic leaders to reclaim the words on the Statue of Liberty, "even when some federal, state or local leaders are hostile towards immigration."

Statue of Liberty

'Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses ...'

By Maureen Fiedler

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