Spiraling inflation, a shortage of necessities such as food and medicine, and high crime rates have driven hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans to seek better opportunities in other countries.
Pope Francis
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New Trump refugee policies could close more than 20 Catholic Charities resettlement offices
As many as 17 to 23 Catholic Charities offices around the country are now confronting the end of programs that have been successfully assimilating thousands of refugees into U.S. society for decades
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Preparing for Pope Francis, young Chileans say they’re glad he wants to hear their opinions
“Today people my age feel very alone, and that’s why we are always on social media. We want to feel part of something. And today the church doesn’t offer people enough to help them feel they are part of a group.”
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Pope Francis baptizes 34 babies in Sistine Chapel; says nursing is “language of love”
Many of the parents of the baptized babies are Vatican employees.
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Pope Francis addresses North Korea, says world peace depends on right to life and disarmament
Speaking on the 100th anniversary of U.S. President Woodrow Wilson’s proposed League of Nations, Francis said today’s leaders can learn two lessons from the ashes of World War I.
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Pope Francis visits children’s hospital on eve of the Epiphany
The pope greeted the children and “exchanged some words of comfort with the parents who are caring for their children in their tiring and painful trials.”
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Pope Francis to teachers: Help students to be open to others in a ‘culture of encounter.’
They need to be “capable of caring and tenderness—I am thinking of bullying here—free from widespread fallacies” that claim the only way to be worth anything is “to be competitive, aggressive and tough toward others
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Bishop urges prayers for peace after attack on Coptic Christians
Pope Francis also prayed for the victims of the attacks on Sunday.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
For New Year, pope urges help for refugees, respect for life
“Let’s not extinguish the hope in their hearts; let’s not suffocate their hopes for peace,” the pope said of refugees.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
At the end of 2017 Pope Francis distributes postcard illustrating the horror of war
The photo shows a young boy, about 10 years old, carrying his dead little brother on his back.