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Politics & SocietyShort Take
Colleen Dulle
A German newspaper published the names of about 33,293 people who died seeking refuge in Europe.
Asylum seekers protesting the possible closure of their detention center, on Manus Island, Paua New Guinea, on Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017. (Australia Broadcasting Coroporation via AP)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Jim McDermott
There is little question that what the government is doing is not only illegal but inhumane and unnecessary.
Politics & SocietyNews
Michael J. O’Loughlin
Vice President Mike Pence said that Middle Eastern Christians facing persecution have not been served well by the United Nations.
Politics & SocietyNews
Paul Jeffrey - Catholic News Service
When Pope Francis visits Myanmar in late November, church leaders will be listening nervously to his every word, specifically hoping they don't hear the R-word: Rohingya.
A newly arrived Rohingya Muslim woman Anjuna Khatoon, 23, holds her 5-day-old baby girl who she gave birth to while making the journey to cross the border from Myanmar to Bangladesh, at Palong Khali, Bangladesh, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017. Thousands more Rohingya Muslims are fleeing large-scale violence and persecution in Myanmar and crossing into Bangladesh, where more than half a million others are already living in squalid and overcrowded camps, according to witnesses and a drone video shot by the U.N. offic
Politics & SocietyNews
Associated Press
The witnesses repeatedly described an insignia on their attackers' uniforms that matched one worn by troops from Myanmar's Western Command
Politics & SocietyVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
“The relation between hunger and migrations can only be faced if we go to the roots of the problem.”