Tag: refugees

VATICAN CITY -- Every encounter with people on the move as migrants or refugees is an encounter with Christ, Pope Francis said. "It is an...

VATICAN CITY-- The Catholic Church needs people and pastors capable of walking alongside refugees to respond to the reality of forced migration across the...

LUBLIN, Poland — Olga and her youngest children are safe in Poland, but she is consumed with worry for her husband and oldest son,...

VATICAN CITY -- A life-sized bronze sculpture of migrants and refugees crowded onto a boat has stood in St. Peter's Square for more than...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Over the course of the next six months, Catholic Charities in the Diocese of Nashville will help resettle 150 Afghans into...

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador  -- Glenda Melgar said she was surprised and tempted when she started hearing what was happening at the U.S.-Mexico border:...

WASHINGTON -- During a Feb. 27 congressional hearing about the status of the nation's refugee program, Auxiliary Bishop Mario E. Dorsonville of Washington quoted...

AMMAN, Jordan — Humanitarian concerns are growing as people caught in the crosshairs of the Turkish incursion into northeastern Syria try to flee for...

WASHINGTON -- Catholics joined an array of faith communities, human rights groups, clergy, refugees and refugee resettlement agencies gathered outside the U.S. Capitol Oct....

VATICAN CITY -- Christians have a moral obligation to show God's care for all those who are marginalized, especially migrants and refugees, Pope Francis...