A migrant aid group has accused Libya’s coast guard of abandoning three people in the Mediterranean Sea, including a woman and a toddler who died, after intercepting 160 Europe-bound migrants near the shores of the North African nation.
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‘Donor fatigue’ among the threats to Iraqi Christian refugees in Jordan
Few of the refugees are interested in returning to Iraq. “Return to what?” asks one Chaldean-Assyrian refugee. He says that “Iraq is a Frankenstein, not a state” because of the persistent ethnic and sectarian divisions.
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Death toll from a volcano eruption in Guatemala may far exceed the official count
The Fuego volcano eruption destroyed properties recently sold to indigenous Guatemalans for subsistence farming.
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New York City leaders and clergy rally in defense of immigrants at the border
Together they prayed for God to change anti-human rights policies, and the hearts of those who enforce them.
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Fifty years after MLK, Poor People’s Campaign continues fight
For almost 40 days, and some nights, a group of religiously affiliated people have prayed, marched, rallied, faced arrest or been arrested — all of it to call attention to what they believe is one of the fiercest battles waged by the powerful against the poor.
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Bishops and Southern Baptists agree: Trump’s immigration policies are unjust.
U.S. bishops may be prepared for a stronger pushback against Trump administration policies that are being criticized as cruel and outside the U.S. tradition on the welcoming of immigrants and the treatment of people seeking protection from harm.
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Maryland parishioners urged to help one another in flood aftermath
In the immediate aftermath of the flood that washed through Main Street and other parts of historic Ellicott City May 27, St. Paul Church, perched on the hill above the floodwaters, was able to serve folks in little ways.
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Typhoon Haiyan survivors in Philippines continue to recover with church help
The church’s recovery and rehabilitation program has become one of its largest and far-reaching natural disaster responses in the country.
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Sex trafficking is ‘rooted in structure of society,’ says nun
The fight against human trafficking and sexual exploitation may need its own #MeToo moment.
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Volcano’s lava flow displaces members of one Hawaii parish
According to Hawaii County Civil Defense, 36 structures, including 26 homes, already have been destroyed by lava from the newest outflow from Kilauea Volcano.