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January 15, 2017

Minnesota Catholic agencies 'welcome the stranger' with Somali refugees

Refugees who fled the famine in Somalia wait in a reception area in 2011 at a camp in Dadaab, Kenya. Catholic Charities of St. Paul-Minneapolis are helping settle down a Somali refugee family.

ST. PAUL, Minn. – A Somali couple with three children is seeking a new life in Minnesota thanks to a Catholic Charities’ resettlement program that cites a Christian imperative for its work.

Published in International