Refugees

Ethiopians, often refugees themselves, welcome newcomers, cardinal says
- Catholic News Service, Church in Africa
- Nov 5, 2019
Ethiopia is now managing nearly a million refugees from South Sudan, Somalia, Eritrea, Sudan, Yemen and even Syria, said Ethiopian Cardinal Berhaneyesus Souraphiel. Because so many Ethiopians are refugees, those who remain in the country work to make newcomers feel welcome.
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Pope’s right-hand man works bureaucratic miracle for refugees
- Church in Europe, Vatican
- Oct 2, 2019
Polish Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, the papal almoner, managed to persuade authorities to officially register migrants from a refuge camp in southern Italy, giving them a tenuous legal status and a claim on public services.
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Oxfam, other nonprofits urge feds to raise refugee cap
- Associated Press, Church in the US
- Oct 1, 2019
Massachusetts refugee organizations urged the Trump administration on Tuesday to raise its proposed cap on refugees, noting that crises have forced millions from their homes and that the U.S. has the resources to respond.
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Amman parish helps educate refugees, including in Aramaic, English
- Catholic News Service, Church in the Middle East
- Sep 19, 2019
As a new school year begins in the Middle East, Jordan — which hosts the world’s second-largest refugee population per capita — is facing the challenges of providing these youngsters with an education.
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Admitting fewer refugees ‘runs counter’ to U.S. values, say USCCB leaders
- Catholic News Service, Church in the US
- Sep 14, 2019
A proposal to reduce the number of refugee admissions to the United States to fewer than 30,000 “would be wholly counter to our values as a nation of immigrants,” said the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and the chair of the bishops’ Committee on Migration.
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Five possibilities for a grand Catholic experiment in ‘open innovation’
- News Analysis
- Aug 18, 2019
John Allen gives 5 possible uses for a former papal summer residence and invites you to submit some as well.
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Ethiopians, often refugees themselves, welcome newcomers, cardinal says