The Jesuits, who have been in Afghanistan since 2004, have suspended their mission in the country “indefinitely.”
Humanitarian Aid
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Thousands have been displaced by violence in Mozambique. Catholics say what’s needed is aid—not outside troops.
Educators and humanitarian workers in Mozambique are expressing mixed feelings about a deployment of multinational forces to confront an intensifying Islamist insurgency in Mozambique.
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Cuban-American bishops: Aid for Cuba is a ‘moral imperative’
Four Cuban American bishops called on the international community to provide humanitarian aid to the people of Cuba and expressed solidarity with them following protests that erupted on the island nation starting July 11.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
How can the world stop Haiti’s ‘descent into hell’? Let Haitians lead.
The Haitian people are resourceful enough and resilient enough to find Haitian solutions to Haitian problems, if allowed to do so.
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Catholic Charities helps after ‘heartbreaking’ Miami building collapse
“I have worked hurricanes, but nothing like this: It is just a look of sadness you see on everyone’s face. It is heartbreaking.”
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Catholic ministries step up efforts to reach homeless children on Brazil streets
“In every large city in Brazil, you can now see a greater number of kids begging for money or selling candy on the streets than before the pandemic.”
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The church is ‘under attack’ in Myanmar
“No one is safe from their attacks. Anyone they are suspicious of, anyone they think are against them, they will arrest, they will torture and some of them are even shot to death.”
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Meet the Catholic sister who is willing to risk her life (again) to stop the violence in Myanmar
Sister Nu Tawng describes a nation living in fear of its own government, where arrest may come at any time or for any reason.
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Jerusalem’s archbishop: Thank God for the cease-fire. But the everyday violence in the Holy Land continues.
“Violence is also in the language, in the political decisions, in the conditions of life under which the Gaza population has been living many years.”
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Refugees have a right to stay in their homelands, too. How can we make it safer for them to do so?
The right to emigrate is central to of Catholic social teaching, but we often neglect the right to live safely in one’s own land. We must help people to stay and build better countries for themselves.