Kristin Heyer

Welcome to the First, November 2025
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Church leaders meet at US-Mexico border to address migration - Vatican News Bishops, theologians and pastoral ministers dialogue at the border to face migration phenomenon ethically across Mexico and the US.

Read coverage of the recent event, created by the CTEWC Migrations and Borders virtual table, by member Luis Donaldo González in Vatican News: www.vaticannews.va/en/church/ne...

Boston College convoca a un coloquio para "cargar con ética la situación migratoria en México y Estados Unidos" Los teólogos miembros de la Mesa Virtual de Migración y Fronteras en las Américas de Catholic Theological Ethics in the World Church (CTEWC) en colaboración con la Universidad Iberoamericana realizare...

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Fronteras que abrazan, voces que se escuchan - Revista Christus Hace unos cuantos días asistí en Tijuana al Coloquio Teología y Migración 2025, que bajo el título «Retos de la movilidad humana ante los nuevos horizontes políticos de México.

"El coloquio... se configuró en un espacio de verdadero diálogo... teniendo presente que «la frontera no es un límite, sino un espacio de encuentro, compasión y misión» " -- Luz Elena Arozqueta Villeda christus.jesuitasmexico.org/fronteras-qu...

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Pope Leo XIV Reflections on the new leader of the Catholic Church

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, OSA, was elected the first American pope on May 8.

Theology Professors Kristin Heyer & Stephen Pope, Vice Provost James Keenan, SJ, and Boisi Center Director Mark Massa, SJ, reflect on the election of Leo XIV.
on.bc.edu/PopeLeoXIV

Welcome to the First, May 2025
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Legacy of Pope Francis Boston College faculty reflect on the papacy of the first Jesuit pope

BC faculty share reflections on Pope Francis's life and legacy.

Thoughts from Clough Dean Michael McCarthy, SJ, Vice Provost James Keenan, Theology Professor Mark Massa, SJ, @boisicenter.bsky.social Director Kristin Heyer, and History Professor Oliver Rafferty, SJ.
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CTEWC mourns the loss of Pope Francis. The church and world have been marked by his prophetic witness, summons to the peripheries, and exemplary leadership. We remain grateful for his support for our network, inc. at our 2017 audience and his 2018 message to our international conference in Sarajevo.

The Moral Vision of Pope Francis - a book by Conor Kelly and Kristin Heyer

We're marking 12 years of of Pope Francis's papacy by returning to our copy of The Moral Vision of Pope Francis by Conor Kelly and @kristinheyer.bsky.social—a thoughtful reflection on how the "Francis revolution" can address the practical concerns of Catholics today bit.ly/4bS8UsN

The First Week of Trump Immigration Policy: The Catholic Church Responds A Round-Up of Statements and Commentary

I wrote something that's part explainer on what's going on in terms of immigration policy and part round-up of how Catholic leaders in the US are responding.
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A Catholic guide to migration ethics in the Trump era Donald Trump's second term as U.S. President will surely raise significant questions about the ethics of migration policies. How might we resist extremism and polarization while retaining a commitment to the church's teaching on the dignity of all peoples?

A Catholic guide to resisting extremism, written by @bctheology.bsky.social Professor Kristin E. Heyer (@kristinheyer.bsky.social), is the cover story of this month's America magazine.
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Welcome to the First, January 2025
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A Catholic guide to migration ethics in the Trump era Donald Trump's second term as U.S. President will surely raise significant questions about the ethics of migration policies. How might we resist extremism and polarization while retaining a commitment...

This International Migrants Day finds asylum seekers, immigrants, and refugees facing new and enduring threats--some reflections on their urgency, counternarratives, and resistance:
www.americamagazine.org/faith/2024/1...

Documenting the Stories of Migrants Detained at the Border While working as a janitor at a U.S. customs station in Arizona, the artist Tom Kiefer photographed confiscated items, from rosary beads to wallets to love letters.

www.nytimes.com/2024/10/24/a...

Nation Shudders At Large Block Of Uninterrupted Text WASHINGTON—Unable to rest their eyes on a colorful photograph or boldface heading that could be easily skimmed and forgotten about, Americans collectively recoiled Monday when confronted with a solid ...

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