Monica Gonzales of @FeedingAmerica shares more on how #foodinsecurity takes a toll on both your physical and mental well-being. #CHCIsummit

The @USCCB, Catholic 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, though many of them are, especially along the US/Mexico border. And, pace, Vice President @JDVance, it's not for financial gain either, which is at best a laughable suggestion, at worst a lie (which is a sin, btw). The church cares for migrants and refugees because this is what Jesus asks us to do, when he says that to welcome the "stranger" is to welcome him (Mt 25). And, more pointedly, that to *not* welcome the stranger is to not welcome Jesus himself. That command may be personally challenging, difficult to carry out (as it almost always is, for individuals, communities and nations), or even threatening to your worldview, but let's be clear: you don't need a Ph.D. in New Testament studies to understand what Jesus is saying here. It's not rocket science. It's Christianity. Image: The Holy Family, by @KLICONS