migrant crisis
Mosques in NYC struggle to house and feed an influx of Muslim migrants this Ramadan
By Philip Marcelo — April 2, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) — Islamic institutions in the Big Apple are struggling to keep up with the needs of the city's migrant population as an increasing number of asylum seekers come from Muslim-majority African countries.
An odd couple of Jewish organizations unite to help migrants during cold nights
By Fiona André — February 13, 2024
NEW YORK (RNS) — By combining efforts, two Jewish organizations have provided hundreds of migrants with coats, blankets and hot food this winter.
Muslim migrants in New York find refuge in a Nigerian church
By Fiona André — December 12, 2023
NEW YORK (RNS) — ‘They are Muslim. Our intention is to assist them, not convert them,’ said the pastor.
Violence forced them to flee. Now faith sustains these migrants on their journey to the US
By MarÍa Teresa HernÁndez — October 23, 2023
TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — While many places in Mexico provide shelter for Venezuelans, Haitians and Central Americans, some shelters in Tijuana have seen an influx of Mexicans fleeing violence, extortion and threats by organized crime.
Pope decries indifference toward migrants, as he prays for the dead in the French port of Marseille
By Sylvie Corbet and Nicole Winfield — September 22, 2023
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis' two-day visit to Marseille is aimed at sending a message well beyond the Catholic faithful to Europe, North Africa and beyond.
As New York’s migrant crisis grinds on, some faith-based organizations go it alone
By Fiona André — August 30, 2023
NEW YORK (RNS) — Confronted with an unprecedented migrant crisis, the city’s government has relied on faith-based organizations operating inside and out of a city-funded faith-based shelter program.
Border bishop takes lead role in Catholic migrant ministry
By Giovanna Dell'orto — January 9, 2023
EL PASO, Texas (AP) — The migration crisis is literally in the backyard of the new chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ migration committee.
For American Muslims, family border separations are personal
By Aysha Khan — July 18, 2018
(RNS) — They say it takes a village to raise a child. In Tampa, Fla., a community of Muslims wants to raise 2,300 migrant children until they can be reunited with their families. Here's why.
Pope paints a picture of Sweden at odds with Trump’s
By Josephine McKenna — February 28, 2017
VATICAN CITY (RNS) In an interview with a homeless magazine, Pope Francis suggested wealthy nations are partly to blame for the migrant crisis and urged Europeans and others to stand 'in the shoes' of those arriving at their borders.
Pope Francis tells Europe to ‘tear down walls’
By Jerome Socolovsky — May 6, 2016
VATICAN CITY (RNS) The Argentine pontiff made the comments as he received an award for work done in the service of European integration.
Pope to make lightning trip to migrant island in Aegean Sea
By Reuters — April 7, 2016
VATICAN CITY -- Hundreds of thousands of refugees, many fleeing war in Syria, have poured onto the Greek island of Lesbos over the past year, triggering Europe's biggest humanitarian crisis in generations.
Anti-Islam movement stages protests across Europe
By Reuters — February 7, 2016
DRESDEN, Germany - After almost fizzling out early last year, the movement has regained momentum amid deepening unease over the migrant crisis.
Should refugees be vetted on the basis of religion?
By Rosie Scammell — November 18, 2015
ROME (RNS) The slaughter in Paris of 129 people and injuring of hundreds has intensified the debate in Europe about whether Syrian refugees pose a threat. The debate has spilled across the Atlantic.
Pope deploys Cuban crucifix to front line of migrant crisis
By Rosie Scammell — November 13, 2015
(RNS) Standing more than 9 feet tall, the crucifix is made of wooden oars as a symbol of migration. It was given to Francis by Cuban President Raul Castro during the pontiff’s visit in September.
At a castle in Austria, villagers and refugees celebrate Eid al-Adha
By Reuters — September 25, 2015
(Reuters) An ancient castle in an Austrian village somewhere between Vienna and Hungary is not where you might expect to see an Islamic celebration.
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