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Photo credit: Facebook Cardinal Stephen Ameyu Martin Mulla of Juba, South Sudan, called for restraint and compassion, as the alleged killings of South Sudanese refugees in the war-torn Sudan sparked retaliatory attacks across the country. UCA News reports that according to local reports, 16 Sudanese people were killed in South Sudan and scores were injured…

Photo credit: Global News President Donald Trump invoked muscular presidential powers to begin a sweeping crackdown on immigration following his inauguration on Monday. CBS News reports that Trump tasked the military with border enforcement, moved to designate cartels and gangs as terrorist groups, shut down asylum and refugee admissions and attempted to terminate birthright citizenship. He…

Photo credit: All Israel news A delegation from the Swiss Parliamentary Group for Solidarity with the Sahrawi People has commenced a visit to the Sahrawi refugee camps and state institutions. Sahara Press service reports that the delegation which includes parliamentarians representing various political parties will lead a visit to the Sahrawi legislative institution, where they…

Photo credit: Archdiocese of Chicago Cardinal Blase J. Cupich of Chicago reassured migrants in his archdiocese that reports of a possible mass deportation by a new administration in Washington that would target the Chicago area “Wound us deeply.” OSV News reports that priests in Chicago’s St Rita of Cascia Parish in the city’s Chicago Lawn neighbourhood…

Photo credit: CTV News The GTA is expected to face a frigid week with some of the coldest temperatures recorded in the last few years possible over the next few days. CP24 reports that temperatures are expected to dip well below -10 C on Monday night but feel as cold as -26 with the wind chill. The…

Photo credit: the Guardian Pope Francis has described the US President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to deport immigrants as a “disgrace”. CNN reports that he spoke during an Italian television interview when he was asked about the incoming Trump administration’s plans to expel undocumented immigrants through an aggressive slate of immigration executive orders by the incoming…

Photo credit: Times of India “Jaw, jaw is better than war, war.” – Harold Macmillan, it was also repeated by Winston Churchill – both were Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom at various times. The expression is all about the futility of war. While it is normal for one party to feel slighted by another’s…