With the "further escalation of tension in Ukraine," the president of the Polish bishops' conference asked Polish Catholics to continue praying for peace, but also to be prepared to welcome Ukrainian refugees.
An archbishop in Lviv, Ukraine, made a similar statement, saying people
With many "thanks" and "best wishes," a group of 10 asylum-seekers greeted Pope Francis on his birthday Dec. 17.
The four women and six men -- originally from Congo, the Republic of Congo, Cameroon, Somalia and Syria -- had arrived in Italy a
Since the very first trip of his pontificate outside of Rome, Pope Francis has been urging the world to take better care of the physical and spiritual needs of migrants and refugees. He did so again during his short visit to Cyprus
Poland's military archbishop urged security forces to prevent the illegal entry of refugees and migrants, as the country's bishops' conference announced a nationwide collection to help those amassing on the frontier with Belarus.
"Our republic's eastern border is under attack -- we all
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Nashville and three other organizations have launched the Welcoming Nashville Fund to help resettle more than 300 Afghans who will arrive in Nashville in the coming months.
United Way of Greater Nashville is partnering with Catholic Charities,
Over the course of the next six months, Catholic Charities in the Diocese of Nashville will help resettle 150 Afghans into local communities as part of the effort to help them escape Taliban rule under the U.S. State Department's Afghan Placement Assistance
Patrick Raglow and the resettlement staff at Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City expect to be very busy very soon.
They are preparing to welcome to Oklahoma 1,800 Afghans who were part of the emergency evacuation in August as the Taliban
An already tense situation in Afghanistan took a turn for the worse early Aug. 26 when two explosions near the Kabul airport led to casualties and injuries still being calculated.
Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie, head of U.S. Central Command, said in an Aug.
Heartbreaking images of mothers and fathers handing their infants and toddlers to U.S. soldiers during the evacuation of Kabul were like seeing the desperation of Jochebed, Moses' mother, as she put him in a basket in the Nile River to save him,
Caritas Pakistan has alerted its diocesan units bordering neighboring Afghanistan to help refugees fleeing the Taliban's takeover of the country, reported ucanews.com.
Thousands of Afghans have entered Pakistan via the Chaman border crossing, one of the most active trade and travel routes between