Are we still a Land of Immigrants?

From National Catholic Reporter - The United States is having an identity crisis by Joan Chittister encourages us to live up to our “American” values and open our country and hearts to immigrants fleeing chaos in the Middle East.

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​​The 19th century was a period of public and political turmoil in Russia, which is perhaps why the influential novelist Fyodor Dostoyevsky is said to have commented, "To live without hope is to cease to live." Perhaps Americans have never understood that feeling better than we can now. We are also facing grave national choices in a whirlpool of public and political turmoil. The way ahead is uncertain and the voices of leadership are tangled. It is time to consider what role we play as Americans when hope is at a premium for many and our own very definition of self is stake. (continue reading)