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Bangladesh cardinal defends rights of Rohingya refugees
- Global Church
- June 20, 2017
Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar are considered to be among the world’s most persecuted peoples, subject to what the UN calls “crimes against humanity,” and hundreds of thousands are now refugees in neighboring Bangladesh, where Cardinal Patrick D’Rozario is defending their right to “dignity.”
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9th Circuit Court of Appeals upholds injunction on Trump’s travel ban
- Catholic News Service, Church in the US
- June 14, 2017
Bishop Joe S. Vasquez of Austin, Texas, said in a statement that the decision of the 9th Circuit Court to uphold an injunction against President Donald Trump’s travel ban “will allow us to continue welcoming and serving refugees fleeing persecution.” The bishop, who serves as the chair of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Migration, said the bishops “believe it is possible to simultaneously provide for the security of our country and have a humane refugee policy that upholds our national heritage and moral responsibility.”
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Memo to Pope and Trump: Here’s a breakthrough for you
- Analysis, Pope/Trump
- May 21, 2017
Although agreement between Pope Francis and President Donald Trump on May 24 may be elusive on many fronts, one concrete step that could result from the meeting, and that both men presumably would approve, is for some share of U.S. overseas aid earmarked for ISIS victims to be administered by churches to ensure that it actually reaches suffering Christians.
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US deports Indonesian Christian who fled persecution
- Associated Press, Church in the US
- May 21, 2017
A Christian man who’s been living in New Jersey for 16 years fleeing religious persecution was deported on Thursday, officials said, illustrating one of the inadvertent consequences of President Donald Trump’s executive order cracking down on admission of refugees. The man has no criminal record, and enjoyed the strong support of his local church.
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Pope to reunite with Muslim refugees in Fatima
- Pope in Fatima
- May 13, 2017
Pope Francis first met a four-generation family of Muslim refugees from Palestine in 2016 in the Vatican. Today they’re living in a community in Portugal located just two miles away from Fatima, and now the pontiff is spending some time with them again.
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Mexican bishops: The cry of migrants is the cry of the Church
- Catholic News Agency, Global Church
- May 3, 2017
The Mexican Bishops’ Conference released a communiqué stressing the issue of the suffering of migrants and refugees, especially children. In the statement the bishops said that the cry of migrants “is calling out to our hearts and invites us to action.”
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