The Catholic Register

Immigration levels will be tough to meet

mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) — Sat, 07 Nov 2020 07:00:00 -0500

Ottawa��Ƶapp plan to take in a record 1.2 million immigrants between now and 2023, just under 15 per cent of them refugees, faces some serious COVID-era challenges, according to the churches and other organizations who sponsor over 20,000 refugees per year.

Crisis could bring spike in refugee backlog

mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) — Wed, 15 Jul 2020 11:09:44 -0400

COVID-19 has almost completely choked off the flow of refugees to Canada, which has refugee sponsors worried about the backlog building up as they wait for travel restrictions to ease so they can start again helping new arrivals ease into jobs, apartments and communities.

Refugee advocates plead their case

Sun, 10 Nov 2019 07:00:00 -0500

OTTAWA -- Canadian churches and refugee advocates want a federal court to declare an agreement with the United States null and void, saying it is putting refugees seeking asylum in Canada at risk because the U.S. is not a safe country for them.

Pope urges Catholics to dialogue with government leaders to help migrants

cns@catholicnews.com (Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service) — Thu, 08 Mar 2018 14:01:46 -0500

VATICAN – Liberating the poor, the oppressed and the persecuted is an integral part of what God wants his church to do, Pope Francis said.

Islamic State has landed in lawless Somalia, bishop says

canadiancatholicnews@catholicregister.org (Canadian Catholic News) — Thu, 15 Feb 2018 10:53:16 -0500

NAIROBI, Kenya (CNS) – As it loses its grip in the Middle East, the Islamic State is finding a foothold in Somalia, said a bishop who oversees the Catholic Church in the troubled country.

Helping refugees means converting hearts hardened against them, Pope says

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Fri, 15 Dec 2017 08:07:03 -0500

ROME – With so much suffering, poverty and exploitation in the world, missionary work must also include reaching out to people whose hearts are closed to receiving immigrants and refugees, Pope Francis told Jesuits in Myanmar.

Rohingya camp awash in mud… and fear

mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) — Thu, 16 Nov 2017 12:56:20 -0500

More than half the Canadian population thinks the Rohingya crisis, which has created a refugee camp of over 600,000 in the Bangladeshi border town of Cox��Ƶapp Bazar, is “not Canada��Ƶapp problem,” according to an Angus Reid Institute poll.

Teach students role of justice in migration, Pope says

Mon, 06 Nov 2017 16:05:34 -0500

VATICAN – Catholic universities need to study the root causes of forced migration and ways to counter the discrimination and xenophobic reactions it provokes in so many traditionally Christian nations, Pope Francis said.