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Apostolic prefect of Battambang in Cambodia Father Enrique “Kike” Figaredo presented Pope Francis with a wheelchair made by land mine survivors in Cambodia.
‘The number of people forced to flee their homelands continues to grow,’ the pope said.
The international refugee organization of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), the Jesuit Refugee Service, (JRS), is facilitating the education of refugee children with special needs in Burundi, the leadership of the agency has reported.
Pope Francis has urged Catholics to care for people fleeing “the viruses of injustice, violence and war,” in a message marking the 40th anniversary of the Jesuit Refugee Service.