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Pope Francis in Iraq: Pope Meets Father of Refugee Family who Died at Sea

March 07, 2021

A statement from the Press office of the Holy See said the Pope spent "a long time" with Mr. Kurdi, listening to him as he spoke -- through an interpreter -- of his pain at the loss of his family.

Pope Francis says migrant crisis is ‘biggest tragedy’ since Second World War

March 23, 2017

During his general audience, Pope Francis urged pilgrims to welcome refugees

‘Build bridges not walls’: Pope Francis reiterates message on migrants

February 08, 2017

During his general audience, Francis made reference to the feast day of St Josephine Bakhita, a Sudanese immigrant

Meeting the Christians of Aleppo

February 02, 2017

The number of faithful in Syria’s ancient city has fallen from 250,000 to 30,000. Now the war is over, how many of those can be persuaded to stay?

Cardinal Nichols renews call to welcome refugees to the UK

January 11, 2017

The Archbishop of Westminster also praised Catholics who have taken part in the community sponsorship scheme

‘I don’t judge politicians’: Pope Francis skirts Trump question

November 11, 2016

The Pope said he simply wanted to understand the suffering that politicians 'cause to the poor'

Cardinal Tagle: pro-life means helping migrants, too

July 31, 2016

The cardinal said that many migrants see the Church as the only institution which thinks of them

Don’t turn against refugees, German Church urges after axe attack

July 22, 2016

Spokesman for Würzburg diocese says the attack should not be used 'as a general indictment against refugees'