Makeshift camps have formed close to the border in Mexico, where people wait their turn for a hearing on U.S. soil
Humanitarian Aid
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Caritas delivers food aid to flood victims in Muslim Somalia
The aid reached families in Berdale, a small town center of 50,000 people, including 6,000 people displaced from their homes.
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A brief guide to volunteer service programs for Catholics
Where can you go? How much does it pay (or cost) to volunteer?
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Armenian genocide and religious persecution draw U.S. attention as Syrian refugees arrive in Iraq
This is only the latest wave of Syrian refugees and internally displaced people from Iraq to seek safety in Iraqi-Kurdistan, which already hosts 38 camps. So far 12,000 Syrian civilians have taken refuge across the border.
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Mount St. Mary’s students and sisters among thousands threatened by California wildfires
The convent lost power and generators were put into place as backup. A fire department captain told local media that the sisters, some of whom were on oxygen, were scared but in good spirits. “We joked with them a little bit…. They are a great bunch of ladies.”
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Can Pope Francis’ ‘prophetic kiss’ protect the peace process in South Sudan?
As tensions rise again with the approach of a Nov. 12 deadline for the creation of a unity government, Bishop Kussala has a message for the conflict-weary people of South Sudan. “The church is here to stay,” he said. “We serve the people; we don’t run away.”
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What we owe refugees fleeing persecution around the globe
If solidarity extends only as far as national or cultural borders, refugees will not receive the support they need.
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Pope Francis: Food is becoming an avenue of personal destruction
Pope Francis said, “We must come to realize that what we are accumulating and wasting is the bread of the poor.”
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Mobile medical team assesses health needs in Bahamas after Hurricane Dorian
Untreated chronic illnesses, wounds and stress-related complications are some of the medical issues Abaco Islands residents are still facing in the wake of Hurricane Dorian, according to a Catholic Charities-sponsored medical team leader who recently visited the region.
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After Hurricane Dorian, Catholic school resumes classes in the Bahamas
In a sign of hope, all grade levels at Mary, Star of the Sea Catholic Academy in Freeport, Grand Bahama, started holding classes Sept. 23—at least on a part-time basis.