At the same time that the Covid-19 crisis has driven up the need for direct services from charities, it has depressed the dollar amounts in donations they are likely to receive.
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Local priest: The Canary Islands are ‘turning into a prison’ for migrants
So far this year, over 16,760 migrants have survived clandestine voyages from Africa’s west coast to Spain’s Canary Islands, more than 5,500 arriving over just the last two weeks.
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U.S. bishops express concern over a having a Catholic president who is pro-choice
The president of the U.S. bishops’ conference said that the election of Joe Biden, who speaks regularly about his Catholic faith, “presents certain opportunities but also certain challenges.”
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The Trump administration wrecked refugee resettlement. Can Biden build it back?
Catholic Charities U.S.A. spent decades building a domestic network to assist the social integration of incoming refugees. Three years of declining numbers and obliterated budgets took a sledgehammer to all that.
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Hurricanes continue to batter Guatemala. Poverty (and poor government planning) are making things worse.
Guatemala’s vulnerability is natural disasters is compounded by climate change and historical inequities in land distribution—the poorest live in the most dangerous locations where many are threatened by mudslides.
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Joe Biden and Dr. Fauci praise the work of Jesuit Refugee Service
In a virtual event for J.R.S., Biden promised to increase the number of refugees resettled in the United States, and Dr. Fauci said the pandemic shouldn’t stop resettlement efforts.
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Joe Biden thanked Pope Francis for ‘extending blessings and congratulations’ this morning
President-elect Joe Biden, the second Catholic elected president of the United States, spoke this morning with Pope Francis, the latest world leader to congratulate Mr. Biden even as his opponent refuses to concede the election.
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Does the McCarrick report exonerate Pope Francis? Yes and no.
The report shoots down many of Archbishop Vigano’s most explosive claims. But Pope Francis was not exactly proactive in his approach to the ‘allegations and rumors’ surrounding Theodore McCarrick.
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The McCarrick Report and Pope John Paul II: Confronting a saint’s tarnished legacy
St. John Paul II knew about the Theodore McCarrick sex abuse allegations—and promoted him anyway. Why?
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Immigration advocates: It will take Biden years to undo the damage of the Trump era
“The [Biden] administration needs to seize this moment for generational change, especially in terms of immigration.”