refugee crisis
What will President Biden and Pope Francis talk about?
By Thomas Reese — October 27, 2021
(RNS) — This will not be a pastoral meeting between the pope and one of the Catholic faithful. This is a meeting between the president of the United States and an influential world leader.
How the church can be a better evangelical witness to displaced people
By Eugene Cho — April 8, 2021
(RNS) — We have a duty not to let our politics blind us to the image of God in our neighbors.
Texas’ misguided decision on refugees is state-sponsored Islamophobia
By Omar Suleiman — January 15, 2020
(RNS) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's decision rests in part on the lie that Muslims from war-torn countries are dangerous, which is itself the most dangerous view out there.
‘Don’t lose hope,’ Pope Francis tells diplomats amid war, climate change concerns
By Claire Giangravé — January 9, 2020
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Pope Francis laid out his international agenda for the new year by addressing mounting concerns about the situation in Iran, the impact of climate change in Australia and the necessary steps to ensure peace.
As fewer refugees enter the US, one Chicago group decides to go to them
By Emily McFarlan Miller — October 14, 2019
CHICAGO (RNS) — As fewer refugees are arriving in the United States, organizations that work with refugees — many of which are faith-based — are finding new ways to reach out to those who have been forced to flee their home countries.
The refugee crisis broke my heart, but refugees mended it
By Bridget Kadolph — July 22, 2019
(RNS) — Walking alongside refugee families has restored and strengthened my Christian faith. It has expanded my worldview and ignited my life with passion and purpose.
Faith groups fear the end of refugee resettlement in the U.S.
By Jack Jenkins — July 19, 2019
(RNS) — The Trump administration is considering shutting down refugee resettlement for the coming fiscal year, a move that would dismantle an already weakened refugee resettlement infrastructure.
Some Rohingya refugees prefer death in Bangladesh over repatriation to Myanmar
By Jennifer Chowdhury — March 12, 2019
COX'S BAZAAR, Bangladesh (RNS) — 'Once we see that our relatives in Myanmar have gotten full citizenship rights and treated humanely, no one will have to force us to go back,' explained one refugee.
A new streetwear line for Muslim women takes the frills out of modest fashion
By Aysha Khan — March 19, 2018
(RNS) — Seek Refuge, a new crowdfunded streetwear brand for millennial Muslim women, issues a challenge to the traditional modest fashion industry — all while taking up the cause of refugees.
Christian groups respond to growing Sudanese refugee crisis
By Lauren Markoe — August 24, 2017
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — Christian agencies and churches are stepping up and coordinating their efforts to respond to the South Sudanese refugee crisis, as the number of people fleeing across the border into northern Uganda reaches 1 million.
A battle for the souls of refugees
By Jenn Lindsay — July 28, 2017
LESBOS, Greece (RNS) — Muslim refugees arriving on the island of Lesbos in Greece don't seem interested in religion, but sometimes they are met by Christian evangelical groups.
Churches connect Christmas story to refugee crisis
By Emily McFarlan Miller — December 22, 2016
(RNS) Refugees. Genocide. Oppressive regimes. These aren't the warm, fuzzy parts of the Christmas story most churches like to focus on, but some are connecting the Holy Family's flight to Egypt at the end of that story to the modern-day refugee crisis.
Report: Religious freedom deteriorating around the world
By Aysha Khan — May 2, 2016
WASHINGTON (RNS) Global religious freedom remains under “serious and sustained assault,” according to a new report.
France bulldozes refugees’ church, mosque
By Rosie Scammell — February 1, 2016
(RNS) "There was just time for a last minute prayer before the machinery tore in," a British charity reported. "The pastor stood by in dignified silence, clutching the remaining cross from the Church roof."
Top Mormon leaders encourage members to help refugees
By Matt Canham — October 30, 2015
SALT LAKE CITY -- The LDS letter, to be read from the pulpit Sunday, takes a wider view of refugees, though it comes amid Syria’s deepening civil war.
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