Subscribe to this RSS feed
September 20, 2016

Religious organizations play major role in caring for migrants, refugees, said speakers at U.N.

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, speaks during a high-level side event Sept. 19 at the United Nations on the role of religious organizations in responding to the ongoing refugee and migration crisis affecting many areas of the world. Also pictured are Archbishop Bernardito Auza, left, the Vatican's permanent observer to the U.N., and Msgr. Robert J. Vitillo, secretary-general of the International Catholic Migration Commission.

UNITED NATIONS – Religious organizations and local faith communities are longtime key providers of efficient, effective, compassionate aid to migrants and refugees, speakers said at a U.N. program Sept 19.

Published in International