With starvation deaths mounting each day and nearly 900,000 people in famine conditions, there are fears that the current situation in Ethiopia will mirror the Great Famine of the 1980s, when more than 1 million people died of starvation.
New report highlights Tigray atrocities, says Ethiopia could face famine
Pope says ‘rivers of blood’ flowing in Ukraine; diocese to take up special collection
Pope Francis said the Vatican “is ready to do everything to put itself at the service of peace” in Ukraine.
U.S. government urged to aid Ukrainians, work with agencies ‘on the ground’
In this time of crisis, he said the U.S. bishops “echo the appeal by Pope Francis to those ‘with political responsibility to examine their consciences seriously before God, who is the God of peace and not of war … who wants us to be brothers and not enemies.'”
Open arms, open hearts, open doors: Welcoming strategies for newcomers
The rise this winter of COVID-19’s omicron variant wiped out a lot of people’s travel plans, including for some of the United States’ most recent arrivals.
Vatican announces theme for World Day of Migrants and Refugees
For the theme of the church’s Sept. 25 celebration, the pope chose “Building the Future with Migrants and Refugees.”
Advocates call for help for Black migrants from Biden administration
They said Black migrants have faced racism, not just through immigration policies that fail to protect them, but also at the hands of U.S. immigration authorities and officials who mistreat them.
Pope praises projects to recycle objects, reintegrate people into society
Pope Francis and his guests listened as a violinist played a tune from a famous Italian composer on a multicolored violin made by prisoners using the wood of a shipwrecked migrants’ boat.
CCC official: Frozen bodies show why Canada must end agreement with U.S.
The discover of four dead bodies near the border illustrates why refugee advocates are asking the Supreme Court of Canada to strike down the Safe Third Country Agreement between Ottawa and Washington, says the general secretary of the Canadian Council of Churches.