Top of Class: Bosnian Refugee Named St. Francis College Valedictorian
January 22, 2020By Emily Drooby As Nermina Markisic marched towards her future on Jan. 21, she couldn’t help but think about her family’s past. […]
Topic: Refugees
Vatican Welcomes Refugees, Offering a Chance to ‘Restart Life’
December 4, 2019By Melissa Butz On the morning of Dec. 4, at the request of Pope Francis, 33 asylum seekers flew into Rome from […]
Pope Visits Catholics And Refugees In Bulgaria
May 6, 2019By Tim Harfmann While in the Balkans, Pope Francis made another powerful display of solidarity with migrants, meeting with nearly 50 asylum […]
Protest After Government Misses Reuniting Deadline
July 11, 2018The Trump administration is working to reunite families that were separated after illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, but it didn’t meet a […]
Supreme Court Rules on Travel Ban
June 27, 2018The Supreme Court’s ruling is causing confusion. President Donald Trump insists that the ban only includes countries that pose a terrorism threat […]
New Shrine Dedicated to Persecuted Christians
June 13, 2018As the physical Church in the Middle East continues to rebuild, a Manhattan Church is hoping to help fulfill their spiritual needs. […]
How Catholic Relief Services Rescued WWII Refugees
February 5, 2018Bishop Gregory Mansour, Chairman of Catholic Relief Services, retells the origins of the ministry in the refugee crisis of World War Two, […]
Trump Administration Ends Protected Status for Salvadorans
January 8, 2018Over two hundred thousand migrants from El Salvador had been allowed to stay in the U.S. under the Temporary Protected Status program. […]
Catholic Minority Plays Humanitarian Role in Myanmar
November 29, 2017Pope Francis has called attention to the plight of Rohingya Muslims on his trip to Myanmar and Bangladesh. Catholics comprise a very […]
Priest Discusses Refugee Crisis in Bangladesh
October 31, 2017Rohingya Muslims are being forced out of their homes in Buddhist-dominated Myanmar. That government’s military is carrying out an onslaught against the […]
