Tag: Refugees
Stations of the Cross in Cutro: thousands gather to pray after migrant tragedy
Some five thousand people participate in the Stations of the Cross on Sunday at the site of the migrant tragedy in southern Italy.
Call for greater protection for migrants and refugees
The Migrants and Refugees section of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development is calling for all migrant workers to have...
Ukraine: Sisters of St. Joseph turn convents into refugee centers
The Sisters of St. Joseph transform their convents in western Ukraine into centers for refugees, as Aid to the Church in Need provides...
Pope Francis meets Afghan Christian whose parents were killed by the Taliban
Pope Francis met Wednesday with three Afghan refugee families at the Vatican, including a Catholic family of four children and a man whose parents were killed by the Taliban.
UN Refugee Convention protecting the rights of refugees for 70 years
70 years from the landmark UN Refugee Convention, the number of refugees in the world are the highest ever seen. A UNHCR Representative talks about the lasting value of the Convention.
Holy See urges concrete solutions to protect life and dignity of refugees
Archbishop Ivan Jurkovic, the Holy See’s Permanent Observer to the United Nations in Geneva, on Tuesday addressed a meeting on resettling refugees through complementary pathways.