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Younis Gil is a small man who struggles with English. Years of stress, uncertainty and hard labour have left an imprint. But he squares his shoulders, straightens his back, meets your gaze and smiles. With his wife Saleema Bibi and surrounded by three of his adult children plus a son-in-law, he is a proud pater familias embracing a life that a few months ago was hard to imagine.

]]> mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Features Fri, 27 May 2022 08:42:06 -0400 Bangkok asylum seekers appeal to Pope Francis /home/international/item/30629-bangkok-asylum-seekers-appeal-to-pope-francis /home/international/item/30629-bangkok-asylum-seekers-appeal-to-pope-francis

BANGKOK -- When Pope Francis celebrates Mass in a Bangkok sports stadium Nov. 21, tens of thousands of Catholics from across Thailand will congregate to celebrate with him.

]]> cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) International Tue, 05 Nov 2019 10:56:58 -0500 Canadians respond to refugees’ plight /item/30327-canadians-respond-to-refugees-plight /item/30327-canadians-respond-to-refugees-plight

Catholics from coast to coast are rallying to answer a call to help resettle Christian Pakistani refugees stuck in Bangkok.

]]> mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Canada Wed, 25 Sep 2019 15:21:59 -0400 Archdiocese reaches out for helping hand /item/30014-archdiocese-reaches-out-for-helping-hand /item/30014-archdiocese-reaches-out-for-helping-hand

BANGKOK, Thailand -- For 63 families, the strangers from Toronto represented something they’ve lived without for years — hope.

]]> mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Canada Tue, 06 Aug 2019 14:21:32 -0400 Living in the shadows: Families hide and hope /item/30010-living-in-the-shadows-families-hide-and-hope /item/30010-living-in-the-shadows-families-hide-and-hope

BANGKOK, Thailand -- ItöÏÓãÊÓƵapp not JoshuaöÏÓãÊÓƵapp fault. He was born into statelessness more than three years ago in Bangkok and immediately suffered a stroke that left him seriously brain damaged. But Joshua scares the rest of his family daily.

]]> mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Features Tue, 06 Aug 2019 11:34:06 -0400 Editorial: They need our help /columns/item/30003-editorial-they-need-our-help /columns/item/30003-editorial-they-need-our-help

Wanted: 63 Canadian parishes with the resources and the heart to rescue 63 Christian families who are huddled in a nation which scorns them as outcasts but who are too scared for their life to go home.

]]> editor@catholicregister.org (Catholic Register Editorial) Editorial Tue, 06 Aug 2019 10:19:54 -0400