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by bcadmin | Sep 28, 2022 | Afghanistan, Catholic news, Crisis pregnancy center, Jason Jones, News, News Briefs, pro-life, US | 0 |
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Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 28, 2022 / 15:51 pm (CNA).
On Tuesday night Benafsha and her husband, Mustafa, anxiously waited at Dulles International Airport for their son, 22-month-old Jasoor, to arrive f…
by bcadmin | Sep 3, 2022 | Afghanistan, Catholic Charities, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Congress, News, Refugees | 0 |
Two Catholic agencies have joined a call by the chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Migration for passage of a bipartisan bill that would provide newly arrived Afghans the opportunity to become lawful permanent U.S. residents.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 12, 2022 | Afghanistan, Biden Administration, Bishop Mario Dorsonville, Catholic Charities, Church in the US, Congress, lead, News, Taliban, USCCB | 0 |
The U.S. Bishops Conference Migration Committee chair is calling for swift passage of federal legislation that would provide newly arrived Afghans an opportunity to become lawful permanent residents.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 10, 2022 | Afghanistan, Archbishop John Wester, Muslim, Muslim immigrant, Muslim men, New Mexico, News, Santa Fe, U.S. & World News | 0 |
During a Mass for peace, Archbishop John C. Wester of Santa Fe decried the killings of four Muslim men in New Mexico since last November.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 8, 2022 | Afghanistan, Asia, Freedom of Religion, India, Iraq, Liz Truss, Middle East, News, North Korea, Persecution of Chrisitians, Taliban, United Kingdom, World News | 0 |
Peninah was only 24-years-old when her husband Paul was murdered by Al-Shabaab terrorists in Kenya. Attackers with Kalashnikovs, lined the men up in the street and demanded they recite sections of the Koran. Paul was a Christian and they shot him. In Afghanistan, the Taliban dragged Zabi’s 60-year-old Christian father away into the night. After
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Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 22, 2022 | Afghanistan, Catholic News Service, Catholic Relief Services, Church in Asia, Natural disasters, News, Pope Francis | 0 |
Pope Francis offered prayers for victims of a strong earthquake that hit a remote, mountainous area of Afghanistan near the border with Pakistan.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 28, 2022 | Afghanistan, Biden Administration, China, Church in the US, Congress, human rights, lead, News, Nigeria, Religious Freedom, Russia, USCIRF | 0 |
All five of the new countries that the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom has recommended that the State Department designate as Countries of Particular Concern (CPCs) have persecuted Christians over the past year.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 19, 2022 | Accidents, Afghanistan, Catholic Charities, Catholic News Service, Charlotte, Church in the US, News, North Carolina, Refugees | 0 |
A retired nurse who felt called to help Afghan refugees and the young Afghan mother she embraced as a mentor were killed after being hit by a truck while out taking a walk Feb. 15.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 6, 2022 | Afghanistan, Catholic Charities, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, immigrants and refugees, Mother Cabrini, News, Volunteerism | 0 |
Their work transformed an unused former nursing home into Catholic Charities’ new Cabrini Center, which will offer temporary housing and resettlement services to Afghan refugees starting a new life in Fort Wayne.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 5, 2022 | Afghanistan, Associated Press, Catholic Charities, Church in the US, Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, News, Refugees, University of Notre Dame | 0 |
Between the rush to settle and feed 39 Afghan refugees who’ve arrived in South Bend since December — and laughs over language barriers — local volunteers have yet to see signs of trauma.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 16, 2022 | Afghanistan, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Immigration, News, President Joe Biden, Refugees, Taliban | 0 |
Although the United States left Afghanistan at the end of August, it left behind thousands still affected by the resulting turmoil.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 14, 2022 | Afghanistan, Asylum, Biden Administration, Church in the US, lead, Marquette University, Middle East, News, Taliban | 0 |
Last month as Rozita Gerhardt helped Afghan refugees complete their asylum applications, she thought of her mother, who years ago fled Iran, and how the paperwork is just the first step in what will be a lifelong process.
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