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U.S. bishops ask Catholics to accompany migrants and refugees

Thursday, March 23, 2017 9:45
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By Julie Asher | Catholic News Service | twitter: @jlasher

A woman in New York walked Sept. 16 past hundreds of refugee life jackets collected from the beaches of Greece. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops urged Catholics to “not lose sight of the fact that behind every policy is the story of a person in search of a better life.”

WASHINGTON — The U.S. bishops in a pastoral reflection called all Catholics to do what each of them can “to accompany migrants and refugees who seek a better life in the United States.”

Titled “Living as a People of God in Unsettled Times,” the reflection was issued March 22 “in solidarity with those who have been forced to flee their homes due to violence, conflict or fear in their native lands,” according to a news release from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

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