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

The undocumented “remind us who we were called to be, not only as a nation of immigrants but as a people of faith.”

Pope Francis, newly 81, will begin 2018 with a focus on Mary and on migrants and refugees.

Bishop Nguyen was forced to flee his native country as a seminarian, spending 18 days at sea without food or water.

A family is forced to flee their homeland for fear of persecution. This is the classic modern-day definition of a refugee.

Pope Francis said a Jesuit's mission is to be close to the people, especially those who are suffering and forgotten because "to see them is to see Christ suffering and crucified."