Father Ivan Montelongo 🍉

Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

Pope Leo to new priests: “We are not masters, but custodians. The mission is Jesus'. He is Risen, therefore he is alive and precedes us. None of us is called to replace him. The day of the Ascension teaches us about his invisible presence.”

YouTube video by Vatican News Twelve years of new paths, processes, and open doors

Una vida con sabor a Evangelio. ¡Gracias por enseñarnos a ser discípulos misioneros de Jesús!
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Bye-bye, Holy Father!

Thank you for showing us the mercy of God, the presence of Jesus in the poor, and the joy of the Gospel. Thank you for teaching me how to be a priest.

¡Hasta pronto, querido Papa Francisco! Ruega por tu pueblo al Dios misericordioso.

Thank you, El Paso Inc., for covering this story of the Pope’s closeness to our border community!

I have a hard time believing that anyone would say, as Elon Musk did, "The fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy." In fact, the fundamental weakness is a lack of empathy.

Caritas Deplores Slashing of Humanitarian Assistance: A Betrayal of Global Responsibility - Caritas Caritas Deplores Slashing of Humanitarian Assistance: A Betrayal of Global Responsibility ROME –  26 February – Caritas Internationalis deplores the wave of drastic cuts to international development a...

News: Caritas, the confederation of 162 Catholic national relief, development and social service organisations operating in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide, calls the slashing of humanitarian aid a "betrayal of global responsibility." www.caritas.org/2025/02/cari...

“Human Dignity is Not Dependent on a Person's Citizenship or Immigration Status” Bishop Mark J. Seitz (USCCB), Sr. Mary Haddad, RSM (CHA), and Kerry Alys Robinson (CCUSA) have issued a statement in response to action taken by the Trump Ad...

From the US Conference of Catholic Bishops: “Human Dignity is Not Dependent on a Person's Citizenship or Immigration Status”
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"Jesus’ parents were also obliged to flee from their country and seek refuge in Egypt, to save the life of their Child: the Messiah, the Son of God was a refugee."

Pope Benedict XVI.
Angelus, January 16, 2011

Image: "Our Lady of the Journey" by @KLICONS

The US Conference of Catholic bishops, as well as individual bishops, priests and deacons, sisters and brothers, and lay men and women from around the world (including myself for two years in East Africa), help migrants and refugees not because the migrants and refugees are Catholics...

The Holy Father has decided to incorporate the Synod’s final document into his Ordinary Magisterium, recognizing the communal discernment that took place during the Synod Assembly, and instructed bishops around the world to implement it.

Satellite photos show: Gaza's largest refugee camp in near-total ruins ***

Cuando ocurrió el Holocausto muy pocos sabían lo que pasaba. Ahora no podemos decir lo mismo. Muchos medios y políticos occidentales simplemente minimizan el genocidio de Gaza. Las imágenes de los sátélites confirman que Israel ha arrasado Jabalya www.haaretz.com/middle-east-...

Thank you for adding me! It is an honor

Tomad, Señor, y recibid, toda mi libertad, mi memoria, mi entendimiento y toda mi voluntad. Todo mi haber y mi poseer. Vos me lo diste, a vos, Señor, lo torno. Todo es vuestro. Disponed de todo a vuestra voluntad. Dadme vuestro amor y gracia que ésta me basta. Amén.

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #429,160!

¡Gracias, Dios nuestro, por estos 11 años en que el Papa Francisco nos ha acercado más a tu corazón misericordioso! ¡Gracias, Francisco!

Thank you, Lord our God, for these 11 years of Pope Francis’ ministry! Keep granting him life, health, and openness to the Spirit. Thank you, Francis!

Politicians shouldn’t instrumentalize our border communities when they don’t know them. One can’t judge 11 million people based on one person. If you really are concerned, come for a month and we’ll show you around. We’ll show you the safety of our city and the joy of our people.

“[Jesus] says to you, ‘For your sake, I became flesh; for your sake, I became just like you’… Like the shepherds, who left their flocks, leave behind the prison of your sorrows and embrace the tender love of the God who became a child.” @Pontifex

Merry Christmas to you all!

Jesus Christ loves you; he gave his life to save you; and now he is living at your side every day to enlighten, strengthen and free you.

Jesucristo te ama, dio su vida para salvarte, y ahora está vivo a tu lado cada día, para iluminarte, para fortalecerte, para liberarte.

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Pope Francis at #WYD2023: “Friends, I want to be clear with you, for you are allergic to falsity and empty words: in the Church, there is room for everyone… Everyone, everyone, everyone!”