State Department Lifts Funding Suspension for 2 Jesuit Refugee Service Programs
The organization was recognized officially by the Vatican in March 2000.
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New UK Immigration Bill ‘Punishes’ Refugees, Say Catholic Bishops and Jesuit Refugee Service
Bishop Paul McAleenan, lead bishop for Migrants and Refugees, criticized the government for imposing 'harsher measures' on those seeking asylum and for failing to provide safe and legal routes for those who need them.
Jesuit Refugee Service Says Trump Funding Freeze Will Impact More Than 100,000 Refugees
JRS USA carries out its operations in Chad, Colombia, Ethiopia, India, Iraq, South Africa, South Sudan and Uganda to provide critical services such as food, medicine, transportation, cash assistance, care for orphans and unaccompanied children, and psychiatric care.
Pope Francis: Care for Refugees Fleeing ‘Viruses of Injustice, Violence and War’
Pope Francis said that Fr. Arrupe’s “profoundly Christian and Ignatian desire to care for the wellbeing of all who find themselves in utter desperation” continued to guide the organization’s work today in 56 countries.
Refugees Are God's Children, Pope Says in Wake of Paris Attacks
The Holy Father praised the Jesuit Refugee Service for its mission “to accompany, to serve and to defend the rights of refugees.”
Jesuit Priest’s Legacy Continues Forward at Beirut School for Refugees
The positive ‘Go Forward’ commitment of Father Frans van der Lugt, who was murdered last year in Syria, pervades the school in Lebanon that proudly bears his name.
Priest Freed by Taliban: ‘God Has Saved Me’
Jesuit Father Alexis Prem Kumar was released last weekend after eight months of captivity in Afghanistan.
