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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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Police in Brazil say woman falsely accused priest of sexual assault
- Church in the Americas
- Aug 17, 2019
Police in Brazil have questioned the account of a Venezuelan refugee in Brazil and her father, who have accused a military chaplain of raping her three times while she was being treated for cancer.
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Pope demands respect for Geneva Conventions as anniversary looms
- Vatican
- Aug 11, 2019
Often an outspoken champion for the protection of the most vulnerable, Pope Francis on Sunday issued an appeal for the international community to adhere to legal limitations for times of war outlined in the Geneva Conventions, the 70th anniversary of which will take place Monday.
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Three cardinals visit Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh
- Church in Asia
- Aug 2, 2019
Three cardinals visited a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh this week, bringing attention to an ongoing humanitarian crisis which has left the world’s headlines.
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Church on edge of the Amazon shelters refugees from Venezuela's meltdown
- Sep 20, 2019
Former FARC leader calls on Pope Francis to mediate Venezuela-Colombia crisis
- Sep 20, 2019

Indigenous leader says 'Brother Francis' risking his life for the Amazon
- Sep 17, 2019
Amazon's Catholic activists see oil pipelines as an 'artery of death'
- Sep 18, 2019
Facing pollution, fire and exploitation, Amazonians wonder 'if the world hates us'
- Sep 19, 2019

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Charities team returns from fact-finding mission to Nassau, Bahamas
- Tom Tracy
- Sep 21, 2019
New Lithuanian cardinal, 'strong internally,' spent time in Soviet prison
- Jonathan Luxmoore
- Sep 21, 2019
Catholic Diocese names 15 priests accused of child sex abuse
- Associated Press
- Sep 21, 2019
Amazon inhabitants hope synod will address lack of priests
- Junno Arocho Esteves
- Sep 21, 2019
In season of synods, Italy may be next to see if pope’s gamble pays off
- John L. Allen Jr.
- Sep 21, 2019
New head of Polish Church's child protection office wants focus on victims
- Paulina Guzik
- Sep 21, 2019
Priest says he 'almost died' after being arrested for 'forced conversion' in India
- Nirmala Carvalho
- Sep 21, 2019
Colombian priest works for recovery from civil war in his homeland
- Mark Pattison
- Sep 20, 2019