Luma Simms

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With rosary beads wrapped around clasped hands, a man bows in prayer during a Mass at the Metropolitan Cathedral, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

A new immigration model for the Catholic Church for today’s world

Luma Simms · September 29, 2026 4:00 pm

An Israeli army tank maneuvers near the "Alpha Line" that separates the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights from Syria

The never-ending terrorization of Israeli border communities

Luma Simms · September 13, 2026 2:00 pm

File - Restraints lie on the tarmac as personal belongings of immigrants who entered the United States illegally are loaded onto a plane for a deportation flight to El Salvador by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Houston, Nov. 16, 2018. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

Patriotism and Unity

The ‘broken windows’ effect of illegal immigration

Luma Simms · August 7, 2026 9:00 am

Naturalization ceremony US citizenship immigration

Patriotism and Unity

The naturalization oath should be our North Star

Luma Simms · August 3, 2026 11:00 am

Nicholas Kristof speaks at the "Global Pulse Check" during the Humanitarian Summit and 2025 Human Rights and Humanitarian Forum at the UCLA Luskin Conference Center on May 07, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Victor Boyko/Getty Images for Aurora Humanitarian Initiative)

The New York Times has a Nicholas Kristof problem

Luma Simms · July 8, 2026 8:00 am

Bishop Mark J. Seitz, chair of the committee on migration of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, speaks during a press conference at a plenary assembly in Baltimore, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

As an American Catholic immigrant, I feel abandoned by the USCCB

Luma Simms · November 20, 2025 5:00 am

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