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Pope Francis greets people after a documentary screening at the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall, Sept. 6, 2021. (Vatican Media via CNA)

Pope Francis greets Afghan refugees after Vatican documentary screening

Catholic News Agency|Sep 7, 2021|3 Min Read

Afghan citizens evacuated from Kabul disembark from a U.S Air Force transport plane as they arrive at Naval Station Rota Air Base in Rota, Spain, Aug. 31, 2021. (CNS photo/Jon Nazca, Reuters)

World

Catholic aid group seeks to expand humanitarian corridors for Afghan refugees

Elise Ann Allen|Sep 2, 2021|4 Min Read

Afghan citizens evacuated from Kabul disembark from a U.S Air Force transport plane as they arrive at Naval Station Rota Air Base in Rota, Spain, Aug. 31, 2021. (CNS photo/Jon Nazca, Reuters)

World

As U.S. presence in Afghanistan ends, Catholics call to welcome refugees

Rhina Guidos|Aug 31, 2021|5 Min Read

Families depart from a processing center for Afghanistan evacuees at the Dulles Expo Center near Dulles International Airport in Chantilly, Va., Aug. 25, 2021. (CNS photo/Jonathan Ernst, Reuters)

World

As Afghanistan convulses, Catholic organizations help refugees in U.S.

Rhina Guidos|Aug 27, 2021|5 Min Read

Sayed Abdul Wase Majidi hugs his nephew Sayed Mustafa Miri, 38, after Majidi arrives from Fort Lee, Va., at the Sacramento International Airport in Sacramento, Calif., Aug. 5, 2021. Sayed Abdul Wase Majidi is one of a couple of hundred Afghan interpreters and translators brought to the United States to be resettled as thousands more who helped U.S. troops are still under threat in Afghanistan as they wait to be evacuated. (CNS photo/Brittany Hosea-Small, Reuters)

World

Vatican urges countries to accept refugees from Afghanistan

Courtney Mares|Aug 25, 2021|5 Min Read

Refugees during the Hungnam evacuation, c. December 1950. (Public Domain via CNA)

Faith

He once rescued 14,000 refugees – now could he intercede in Afghanistan’s crisis?

Christine Rousselle|Aug 24, 2021|5 Min Read

People try to get into Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 16, 2021. During his Angelus address Aug. 15, Pope Francis expressed his concern for Afghanistan amid the Taliban's control of the country. (CNS photo/Reuters)

World

U.S. bishops urge quick action on relocating Afghan refugees

John Lavenburg|Aug 18, 2021|4 Min Read

Italian Coast Guard members rescue some migrants on a wooden boat during a joint rescue operation with the German NGO migrant rescue ship Sea-Watch 3 in the western Mediterranean Sea Aug. 2, 2021. (CNS photo/Darrin Zammit Lupi, Reuters)

World

Hundreds of migrants are in limbo on rescue boats in Mediterranean

Carol Glatz|Aug 5, 2021|3 Min Read

Abdullah Sediqi of the Refugee Olympic Team reacts after competing in the Taekwondo Men's Featherweight in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics July 25, 2021. This year's Refugee Olympic Team was made up of 29 athletes from a dozen countries who have been living and training in host countries. (Murad Sezer/CNS, Reuters via Crux)

Faith

U.S. bishops say Refugee Olympic Team a reminder human race is ‘family’

John Lavenburg|Jul 27, 2021|4 Min Read

Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory in remarks outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington July 21, 2021, urges Congress to support immigration solutions that protect families. Also pictured is Rebecca Shi, executive director of the American Business Immigration Coalition. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)

Congress urged to be 'courageous,' pass comprehensive immigration bill

Catholic News Service|Jul 22, 2021|4 Min Read

Yemeni Americans in New York City demonstrate Dec. 27, 2017, against then-President Donald Trump's travel ban and recent denials of visa applications. On July 6, 2021, the Biden administration announced an 18-month extension of Temporary Protected Status for the approximately 2,200 Yemeni nationals in the U.S. (CNS photo/Amr Alfiky, Reuters)

Immigrant advocates from faith organizations hail TPS extension for Yemen

Rhina Guidos|Jul 9, 2021|3 Min Read

Heba Ibrahim, 8, left, the youngest daughter in a family of Kurdish refugees, receives a rose from a friend of the family in Nashville, Tenn. Aug. 30, 2016. The girl's family had been in Turkey after fleeing Syria's civil war and was now relocating to the U.S. Caseworkers from Catholic Charities of Tennessee also were on hand to greet the refugees and will offer case management services to the family as they resettle in the U.S. (CNS photo/Theresa Laurence, Tennessee Register)

USCCB migration chairman urges Biden to raise cap on refugee admissions

Catholic News Service|Apr 19, 2021|3 Min Read

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