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by   Kate Seltzer, The Virginia Pilot Below are excerpts shared with permission from The Virginia Pilot. Read full article . Photo from...

Lent came early this year for Commonwealth Catholic Charities. We’ve sacrificed much in the past month.

Commonwealth Catholic Charities said it has welcomed 348 legally authorized refugees since its current fiscal year began Oct. 1.

Thanks to CCC’s incredible volunteers, families are not alone as they navigate their new communities. 

In the fall of 2021, the Ishan family fled Afghanistan to seek safety in the United States.  CCC met them at the airport and supported...

Roshan was 12 when the Taliban took over Afghanistan. Chaos and fear filled the streets. Twice the Taliban interrogated Roshan’s...

Antoine, a 20-year-old from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, spent most of his early life in a refugee camp in Tanzania where he and...

Now through November 22, all gifts of support for refugees will be matched dollar for dollar up to $50,000! Samim, once a refugee...

Sayyid, his parents, and three siblings arrived in the United States from Afghanistan in 2017. At the time, he was 14-years-old. CCC...

Abdul and Fatima came to Newport News from Afghanistan in August 2021. Their 10 children, six daughters and four sons ranging in ages...

Benafsha came to the United States as a Special Immigrant Visa holder during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Hertier is 19-years-old and a rising junior in high school. He was born in Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Olivier was born in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. When he was nine, his family fled to Burundi because of war. They were resettled a

My name is A.S. I am 13 years old. I came to the United States in 3 years ago by a big plane, lots of miles, from my home country in Asia.

The City of Richmond has become one of the first cities in the nation to provide a consent letter welcoming the resettlement of refugees

As an English-speaker who had previously worked with the United States government in Afghanistan, Aria was hopeful about her prospects

Amina’s road to the United States has been long and often painful.

Bashar* grew-up in a remote village of Afghanistan. When he was 15-years-old, he was kidnapped by the Taliban and severely tortured....