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Religious Freedom -- Christian Refugee Crisis

This page includes information and links to resources and organizations with which the Respect Life Office has directly worked to provide relief to Christian refugees fleeing persecution in the Middle East.  

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Everyone Should Know...
  • This crisis is not new.  Catholic Relief Services (CRS) has been working for more than 4 years to assist more than 600,000 Syrian and Iraqi refugees in Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt and northern Iraq.  They are also working in the transit countries of Greece, Macedonia, Serbia and Albania, where resources to help the migrants are limited. Additionally, in response to the Holy Father’s call to help resettle migrants in Europe, CRS is working with Caritas Germany to resettle refugees by providing accommodations, job assistance, early-integration activities and volunteer training.
  • In addition to providing basic living supplies, CRS is particularly focused on helping children who have been traumatized by the violence and displacement.  This includes helping the local Church respond to displaced Christians as well as people of other faiths and backgrounds.
  • In addition to its humanitarian and resettlement efforts in Europe and the Middle East, the Church is actively involved in advocating on behalf of Syrian refugees here in the United States. USCCB’s Migration and Refugee Services (MRS), along with CRS and USCCB's Office for International Justice and Peace (IJP), is urging Congress and the Obama administration to admit 100,000 refugees fleeing the Syrian conflict in Fiscal Year 2016 and an additional 100,000 refugees from other parts of the world.  In the meantime, MRS continues to work with Catholic Charities and other partner agencies across the country in anticipation of an increase in refugee admissions from the current conflict.

Current European Christian Refugee Crisis

   Catholic Relief Services (CRS)
  • Global Action Center
  • 7 Things You Can Do To Help  -- Information, prayers, fundraising, and advocacy

  Knights of Columbus
  • Christian Relief Fund

Additional Resources for Refugees

  Global:
  • Catholic Relief Services (CRS) in the Middle East
  • CNEWA  (papal agency for global humanitarian efforts)

  National:
  • USCCB:  National Catholic Fund for Migration and Refugee Services
  • USCCB: Information on resettlement in the U.S.

  Regional and Local:
  • Current diocesan resettlement and refugee offices in MO
  • Jewish Vocational Services  (local refugee resettlement assistance, still named for its first program in 1949 to assist Nazi Holocaust refugees) and survivors)


           
“Catholics must be committed to the defense of life in all its stages and in every condition”
                                                                                                                                                                                              St. Pope John Paul II, 1995

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Respect Life Office ~ Diocese of Kansas City - St. Joseph  ~ 20 West Ninth Street ~ Kansas City, MO 64105 ~ ​(816) 756-1850 ~ francis@diocesekcsj.org
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  • HOME
    • News & Communications
    • Share Your Gifts
    • About Us
  • Pastoral Programs
    • 40 Days for Life >
      • Our "Message"
    • ComPassio
    • Gabriel Project >
      • Walking With Moms in Need
      • Kansas City Pregnancy Clinic & Mercy and Truth
    • Knights of Columbus >
      • Meet Life (Missouri)
      • Faith in Action (Supreme)
    • Life & Justice Campaign
    • March for Life
    • Project Rachel >
      • Rachel's Vineyard Retreats
    • Spiritual Adoption
    • Stand Up for Life >
      • Teen Pro-Life Boot Camp
    • Catholic Partners >
      • Catholic Charities of KC-St. Joseph
      • Catholic Mobilizing Network (Death Penalty)
  • Education
    • Pro-Life Issues >
      • Abortion
      • Adoption
      • Contraception & Birth Control
      • Death Penalty
      • Euthanasia & Assisted-Suicide
      • Fetal Development
      • Post-Abortion
      • Religious Freedom & Conscience Protection
      • Reproductive Technologies
      • Stem Cell Research & Human Cloning
    • Papal Encyclicals & Church Documents
  • Parish Ministry
    • Respect Life Coordinators >
      • Parish Respect Life Coordinator Sign-Up
    • Respect Life Committees
    • Prayers & Liturgies
    • Priests & Pastors
  • Public Policy
    • Contacting Elected Officials
    • Pro-Life Policy Advocacy Organizations
  • Resources
    • Abortion Pill Reversal
    • Pregnancy Resource Centers (PRC's)
    • Residential Pregnancy Homes
    • Adoption
    • Reproductive Technologies
    • Fetal Anomalies & Special Diagnoses
    • Post-Abortive Healing
    • Death Penalty
    • Ethical Research, Therapies & Cures
    • End of Life Care & Documents
    • Religious Freedom & Conscience Protection >
      • USCCB Religious Freedom Week
    • International Pro-Life >
      • European Refugee Crisis
  • Contact Us