Church rushes to aid victims of volcano eruption in Indonesia
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Church rushes to aid victims of volcano eruption in Indonesia

FLORES ISLAND (UCAN): Church groups on the Catholic-majority island of Flores, Indonesia, have rushed to…

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Beyond legal status, refugees need recognition of dignity, pope says
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Beyond legal status, refugees need recognition of dignity, pope says

VATICAN (CNS): In addition to a legal status that allows them to flee unsafe situations,…

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Voices from climate change migrants can be ‘blueprint for change’
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Voices from climate change migrants can be ‘blueprint for change’

VATICAN (CNS): Too often the voices of people fleeing their homes due to climate change…

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Myanmar bishop seeks aid to feed, educate displaced children
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Myanmar bishop seeks aid to feed, educate displaced children

YANGON (UCAN): Bishop Maurice Nyunt Wai of Mawlamyine, in southern Myanmar said his diocese would…

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Half a million children displaced in Myanmar
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Half a million children displaced in Myanmar

(UCAN): As Pope Francis urges the world to pray for the child victims of war,…

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