After the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, we must reconsider our relationship with Saudi Arabia—and can no longer turn our eyes from our complicity in the devastation of Yemen.
Humanitarian Aid
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The migrant caravan through the eyes of Catholic social teaching
Many of the migrants in the caravan are fleeing Central America’s “Northern Triangle”—El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras. These countries are beset by “the world’s highest murder rates, deaths linked to drug trafficking and organized crime and endemic poverty.”
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Venezuelans flee crisis at home but face rising tensions in Brazil
About 5,000 people leave Venezuela every day. According to the U.N. Refugee Agency, at least 1.9 million Venezuelan citizens have left the country since 2015, fleeing from the economic and political crisis that the country is experiencing under President Nicolás Maduro.
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In Florida panhandle a local church steps up after Hurricane Michael
Much like New Orleans’ Ninth Ward after Hurricane Katrina, the low-income neighborhoods east of Panama City, where St. Dominic is located, were especially hard-hit by the storm. Now residents here are desperate for help.
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Chaldean cardinal says promised U.S. aid for Iraq hasn’t come
He praised Hungary by contrast, saying it had provided $5 million in direct assistance to repair Christian homes, schools and churches in Iraq and Syria.
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Catholic leaders welcome Pepfar reauthorization in Congress
The 15-year-old program has saved millions of lives around the world and prevented millions of new infections.
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5.9 earthquake rocks northern Haiti
A 5.9-magnitude earthquake rocked the Caribbean nation of Haiti Oct. 6, with authorities estimating 15 dead and 333 injured, the Associated Press reports.
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Trump’s decision to isolate Palestinians is threatening a humanitarian crisis
The United States is gutting the funding for the U.N. Relief and Works Agency, creating an instant humanitarian crisis for a region already overloaded with them.
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U.S. dioceses urged to have emergency collection for disaster relief
Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo urged bishops make this special appeal and that “we each take up the collection as soon as possible so that those most in need can receive assistance quickly.”
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Trump administration’s record-low refugee resettlement “contradicts who we are as a nation”
The announcement that the United States will cap its intake of refugees at 30,000 was swiftly denounced by Catholic leaders.