In response to Gov. Ron DeSantis deploying hundreds of additional officers and soldiers to Florida's coast to protect against Haitian migrants, the archbishop of Miami says “Haitians are not an ‘invasive species,’ and shouldn’t be treated as such.”
In light of International Women’s Day, a prominent Israeli historian has decried the apparent use of sexual violence against women hostages taken by Hamas, and has said she wished Pope Francis and the Vatican would do more on their behalf.
People’s gaze often turns to Africa when conflicts erupt, portraying them as ethnic or religious strife.
A Church committee in Brazil says the territory of the Ka’apor Indigenous people, which concentrates 25 percent of the remaining area of rainforest in the Amazonian state of Maranhão, is currently endangered by illegal loggers and poachers.
As Syria marks the 13th anniversary of the beginning of its civil war on March 15, one Catholic agency says people “should not forget that Syria is the world’s worst displacement crisis.”