by Helen Paynter | Jan 26, 2018 | Opinion
How Christians have responded to the issue of immigration is often shared in articles and videos. However, the prior question of why they should is not necessarily as easy as we might think. And while there are people in our churches who would throw open the borders...
by Sue Smith | Dec 7, 2017 | Opinion
When we look at issues of migration and human rights in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), we see that there’s still much work to be done on our part on behalf of immigrants and refugees. And today, it’s particularly important that we add...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Aug 22, 2017 | News
Pope Francis addressed again the “lamentable situation” of migrants and refugees, calling global Christians to commit to concrete action “at every stage of the migratory experience.” Though published Aug. 21, his statement was written on the...
by Simon Jones | Jun 2, 2017 | Opinion
I visited again in mid-May the site of the so-called “Jungle” in Calais, France, where refugees had created a makeshift camp. I caught up with friends in the warehouse, met new people in the Catholic worker house and went shopping with my favorite monk....
by Kathryn Kraft | Mar 28, 2017 | Opinion
There are presently more than 63.9 million “persons of concern” in the world. This designation includes refugees, people awaiting recognition as refugees and people who have fled their homes but not sought refuge in another country (internally displaced...
