refugee crisis

The president of Caritas Ukraine says he will “stay the course’ because the Ukraine people inspire her.

U.S. Catholics have a growing concern about Christian persecution around the world, according to results of a new poll released March 17 by Aid to the Church in Need-USA in New York.

Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of Manila, president of Caritas Internationalis, stated the global crisis of refugees is “a complex problem” to a group of more than 100 Caritas Lebanon staff and volunteers as he shared some of his Caritas experiences and listen as they shared concerns.

Eighty-six percent of the world’s refugees are living in developing countries and it is particularly hard for those countries to meet refugees’ needs and provide them an education and a livelihood, according to a senior policy and legislative specialist at Catholic Relief Services.