In an exclusive interview with The Synodal Times, Paolo Affatato spoke with Bishop Celso Ba Shwe of Myanmar who was driven out of his cathedral, which was attacked and then occupied by the Burmese army. Now living “as a refugee”, he is building a new ‘cathedral’ made out of bamboo in the forest. ‘A…
“As followers of Christ, we are called to speak up for the rights and dignity of asylum seekers and refugees … they are not to be targeted or penalised, abused or frightened,” the Archbishop of Dublin has said. “In the last two years, this country and others have welcomed, vast numbers of people fleeing the cynical war…
We must strive for the common good of immigrants and citizens alike, writes David Quinn What is the right Christian approach to immigration? There is definitely one approach that is all wrong, which to simply close our borders and never ‘welcome the stranger’, to always say ‘there is no room at the inn’. But after…
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