Belise Nishimwe, born in a refugee camp in Tanzania, with the support the family received, is an inspiring expression of community and faith.
As refugee child, she knew no English; now as teen, she’s poetry champ
Trump visits Texas migrant center at invitation of nun on front lines
President Donald Trump got a brief look at the work of a well-known Catholic Charities-run refugee center in South Texas during a daylong trip to the border.
Iraqi iconographer honors his Syriac roots
From a modest walk-up apartment in Zahle, Lebanon, a city not far from the Syrian border, the Syriac Catholic iconographer and refugee creates his sacred art in a sparsely furnished living room. As he works, he sings the hymns he has committed to memory from the sole book he managed to save.
Pope urges Catholics to dialogue with government leaders to help migrants
Pope Francis praised the International Catholic Migration Commission’s work over the past 67 years, noting how it also offers expert assistance to bishops’ conferences and dioceses to respond to local and national challenges.
‘I’d sure want my kid in school,’ even as a refugee, singer says
James McMurtry is one of a fistful of performers crisscrossing the western United States as part of the Lampedusa tour that benefits Jesuit Refugee Service’s Global Education Initiative for refugee families.
Somali-American’s book helps us to see unity in diversity
Book club read sheds light on the hopes, dreams and aspirations of the Somali people … similar to the experiences of other immigrant and refugee groups.
Refugee-turned-reporter recounts Catholic agencies’ role in resettlement
A HuffPost reporter and refugee, Igor Bobic, told a Washington audience June 19 about his own experience and the twists and turns that led to being resettled with his parents in the United States and the part Catholic agencies played in his family’s new life.
Haitians fear being forced to go home if special immigration status ends
Memo from the acting director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, James W. McCament, state conditions in Haiti no longer support its designation for a Temporary Protected Status (TPS) which would force 58,000 people to return to Haiti in an already fragile situation.