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Jesuit Refugee Service/USA & Jesuit Law Schools Welcome Fair Day in Court for Kids Act of 2016

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Jesuit Refugee Service/USA and 13 U.S.-based Jesuit law schools welcome the introduction of the Fair Day in Court for Kids Act of 2016, introduced by Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) in the Senate and Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) in the House of Representatives. Finding legal representation is one of the first hurdles that asylum seekers arriving in the United States face. According to data compiled by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse at Syracuse University, more than 93,000 juvenile asylum seekers are currently without legal representation.
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Social Justice Advocate Fr. Fernando Cardenal, S.J., Dies at Age 82

MANAGUA, NICARAGUA - Fr. Fernando Cardenal, S.J., died earlier today, February 20, 2016 at the age of 82. Cardenal had entered a Managua hospital intensive care unit on February 9th.
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US Bishops on Pope at Border: See Our Brothers and Sisters as Fellow Pilgrims

WASHINGTON, D.C. —On the occasion of Pope Francis' visit to Mexico, including the U.S.-Mexico border, Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville, Kentucky, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), invited Catholics to pray together "as one Church."