Overwhelmed in the present, we have lost all feel for the future. So let’s say this of eternal life: It is where waiting comes to an end.
Refugees
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Refugees and visitors experience huge differences between Greek migrant camps
The papal almoner, Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, visited the Greek island of Lesbos, where migrants are being held pending the review of their status. He went to see firsthand what the migrants’ living conditions really are and what is being done to assist them.
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In Washington, refugees from around U.S. lobby for federal program
Refugee advocacy organizations have urged continued support for federal programs such as the U.S. Refugee Admissions Programs as necessary for assisting vulnerable people seeking a better way of life.
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Venezuela’s indigenous migrants face some of the greatest hardships
According to Catholic relief agencies, indigenous families, such as the Warao, have been forced to flee to Venezuala from Brazil, because of environmental and economic hardships.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis hails Bulgaria as “a culture of encounter”
“God Bless Bulgaria,” Pope Francis prayed, and “keep her in peace and ever hospitable, and grant her prosperity and happiness.”
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Announcing the winner of the 2019 Anne Frank Essay Competition: ‘If Not Now, When?’
Fear should not keep us from fulfilling our very purpose to love one another.
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Poems from children on the frontlines of climate change
The students in Kenya understood in the most visceral way the value of water. The misuse of natural resources during our age of climate change is unethical and inhuman. No matter your world view, water is special. Kids get this.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis to migrants in Morocco: ‘You are at the center of the church’s heart.’
Pope Francis suggested four actions were needed to assist migrants in their plight today: “accept; protect; promote; and integrate.”
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Meet Mireille Twayigira: Rwandan refugee, doctor, education advocate
This week, we talk with Mireille Twayigira, a Jesuit Refugee Service Education Advocate.
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How the Catholic Church is responding to Venezuela’s refugee crisis
Over one million Venezuelans have arrived in Colombia as of May 2018. Colombia is not a rich country, and helping to bear the burden of receiving thousands of Venezuelan refugees every day is the Catholic Church.