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Jesuit Conference Calls for an End to Immigration Raids Targeting Central Americans

The Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United Sates has issued a statement denouncing the Obama Administration's decision to conduct nationwide raids in order to deport Central Americans in the U.S. seeking refugee and asylum status.
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Jesuit Networks Convene in Loyola to Address Climate Change, Poverty

From November 16-20, Society of Jesus networks involved in social justice ministry around the world held a "Networking for Justice” meeting in Loyola, Spain to discuss how to combat social and environmental injustice. The final document produced by the meeting recommended strengthening international Jesuit networks in order to address the effects of globalization on the poor as well as climate change. "Today, we feel an urgency to respond to these challenges, working for the inclusion of those that are excluded, experience poverty and to protect the sustainability of nature which is being threatened," said the report. The document also identified "inclusion and sustainability" as two "great tasks of our time."

Open Hearts & Homes to Syrian Refugees Say Catholic Organizations

National Catholic social justice organizations delivered a letter to Congress on November 19, calling on legislators to "open our hearts and our homes to Syrian refugees of all faiths." This request comes amid statements by Congress members, governors, presidential candidates, and other political leaders, calling for the U.S. to discontinue refugee re-settlement of Syrian refugees.