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Catholic entities step up to help Venezuelan refugees get jobs in Brazil
- Dec 9, 2019
AVSI Brasil, along with a number of other entities linked to the Catholic Church — such as the Scalabrinian institute for migrant human rights, Jesuit Refugee Service, the Catholic ministry to migrants of the Diocese of Roraima, and Caritas Brazil — work to help the Venezuelans inside and outside refugee camps in Brazil.
Pope says he is ‘scandalized’ by anti-migrant rhetoric
- Dec 6, 2019
Pope Francis told Jesuits in Thailand he was “scandalized” by some of the anti-migrant rhetoric he hears in Europe, and he is convinced people are being manipulated into thinking the only way they can preserve their lifestyles is by building walls.
Behind a gentle Salvadoran bishop, a legacy in defense of the poor
- Dec 6, 2019
At 51, Bishop Oswaldo Escobar Aguilar is the youngest prelate of El Salvador, and one notably influenced by his country’s Catholic martyrs.
Tucson bishop, other Catholic leaders decry ‘Remain in Mexico’ expansion
- Dec 5, 2019
Catholic leaders decried an expansion of the Trump administration’s “Remain in Mexico” policy, which includes relocating migrants currently biding their time in the Tucson area back to border towns in Texas for transport back into Mexico.
Church hopes to provide alternatives to migration in West Africa
- Nov 18, 2019
Migrants fleeing Liberia are usually “disappointed and worse off,” according to a representative from a leading Catholic charity.
CLINIC director: Government violates law by not letting in asylum seekers
- Nov 17, 2019
The executive director of the Catholic Legal Immigration Network, known as CLINIC, told U.S. Catholic bishops Nov. 13 that the government is violating international and U.S. law when it denies asylum-seekers at the border entry into the U.S.
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