Migrants around the world seek dignity and safety

by Kevin Clarke January 13, 2017

Efforts to respond to the global crisis of migration are straining budgets not only at humanitarian agencies like Catholic Relief Services but among nations near points of flight.

Dispatches, Faith

A new Jesuit program is bringing education to some of the world’s refugees

by Wyatt Massey January 13, 2017

Students gather outside the schools before the first day of class, ready to learn new skills or improve their language skills, both of which can be invaluable for making a living in refugee camps.

Editorials, Faith

Religious education is broken. It’s time to fix our Sunday school culture.

by The Editors January 10, 2017

When choosing to believe is more and more a revolutionary act, religious education must do much more than hand on the basic tenets of the faith.

Dispatches, Faith

Pope Francis calls on the world’s governments for peace and an openness to refugees

by Gerard O’Connell January 9, 2017

Migrants and refugees must be given a dignified welcome, the pope said in his New Year’s message.

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Cardinal Tobin calls on Catholics to move away from ‘hot button’ issues

by Michael J. O’Loughlin January 6, 2017

Cardinal Tobin said that Christians must be marked by their willingness to show “kindness to all: to the searching young and the forgotten elderly, to the stranger and the voiceless, to the powerful and the cynical.”