Migrants

Florida charity works to stave off hunger for migrant families
- May 24, 2020
Redlands Christian Migrant Association is helping migrant farm workers in Florida during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.

By Gary White, The Ledger
Pope backs brotherly prayer, but his own backyard isn’t feeling terribly fraternal
- May 15, 2020
ROME – Yesterday was a special day of universal prayer for healing from the coronavirus proposed by the “Higher Committee for Human Fraternity,” a body formed in the wake of Pope Francis’s 2019 trip to the United Arab Emirates, and the “Document on Human Fraternity” he signed there along with

By John L. Allen Jr.
Cardinal decries migrant deaths, industrial accidents in India
- May 11, 2020
Cardinal Oswald Gracias said his “heart wept” upon hearing the news that 15 migrant workers were crushed to death on Friday after falling asleep on railway tracks in Aurangabad, which is in India’s Maharashtra state.

By Nirmala Carvalho

Plight of migrants during COVID-19 pandemic highlighted by Caritas
- May 8, 2020
As many countries around the world brace for the aftermath of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, concern among humanitarian agencies is rising for vulnerable populations most at risk of an economic fallout, particularly undocumented migrants.

By Elise Ann Allen
Pope says coronavirus clampdowns no excuse for ‘indifference’ to suffering
- Mar 12, 2020
“We’re preoccupied for our own things, and we forget the children who are hungry, we forget the poor people at the borders who are seeking freedom, these forced migrants fleeing hunger and war who find only walls – walls made of iron, of barbed wire, but walls that don’t let them pass,” Pope Francis said.

By Crux Staff
Explaining Pope’s soft touch on survival of Middle Eastern Christianity
- Feb 26, 2020
One might have expected the pontiff to use his trip to Bari on Sunday to issue a passionate cri de coeur in defense of a local church representing the historic roots of the faith, and which is presently fighting for its life.

By John L. Allen Jr.

Florida charity works to stave off hunger for migrant families