Pope Francis will bring Migrants from Cyprus to Italy before Christmas
By Cindy Wooden – After Pope Francis denounced putting up “barbed wire” to keep out migrants and the practice of pushing boats back to countries where they...
Category: Refugees
Pope: God Dreams of a World Where All are Welcomed as Family
By Cindy Wooden – Pope Francis told migrants that, like them, God dreams of a world where everyone recognises each other as brothers and sisters. God “asks...
Pope to Cypriots: Remember Your History as a Crossroads for Different Cultures
By Cindy Wooden – Sympathising with the Cypriot government and citizens feeling overwhelmed by an influx of migrants and refugees, Pope Francis urged them to remember their history...
Pope Assures Migrants They Are in his Prayers and his Heart
By Cindy Wooden – Pope Francis asked visitors in St Peter’s Square to join him for a moment of silent prayer for migrants, especially those who recently...
Pope Francis: Failure to integrate migrants can create serious problems
By Carol Glatz – Migrants are a blessing and a gift for society and the church, but they must be helped to integrate into these communities, Pope Francis...
Climate Change Risks Devastating Conflicts – Even Nuclear War
As climate change rages along its disastrous path of increasing and more intense natural disasters – hurting the poor most of all – it now appears that...
Pope calls for an end to forcing migrants back to unsafe countries
By Carol Glatz – Pope Francis denounced the “inhuman violence” waged against migrants, refugees and other displaced peoples in Libya, and called for an end to sending people...
Pope Francis: May God Preserve Us from a ‘Nest’ Mentality
Pope Francis at his Angelus said the Catholic Church must be open and welcoming toward others, warning that division and exclusion come from Satan. “We need to...
Just Imagine Yourself in Their Shoes
Today, as I write, is World Refugee Day (June 20). For those of us who are not refugees – nor internally displaced people, migrants, asylum seekers –...
SACBC & UNHCR Highlight The Power Of Inclusion On World Refugee Day
The Migrants and Refugees Office of the Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference (SACBC) in partnership with the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), celebrated World Refugee...
Archbishop Buti Tlhagale: Access to Health, Education for Refugees is Vital
Governments must promote and support access to health services for refugees, Archbishop Buti Tlhagale of Johannesburg has said, “because we believe the right to health care derives...
