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In the wake of the tragic loss of innocent life taken by terrorist actions in Paris, the Bishops of the Arizona Catholic Conference (ACC) understand the increasing hesitation on the part of our government and American citizens to receive Syrian refugees into the United States.

"These refugees are fleeing terror themselves — violence like we have witnessed in Paris," said Seattle Auxiliary Bishop Eusebio Elizondo, chairman of the migration committee for the U.S. bishops.

a number of Syrian refugees enter their fourth winter of displacement, following ongoing violent fighting in their nation, and now get just 50 cents a day per person for food and living expenses.

"There has been a wave of solidarity to match the wave of refugees," a Hungarian bishop said.

The family of four arrived in Italy Sept. 6, the day the pope made his appeal, and in accordance with Italian law and their request for asylum, family members cannot work for six months making parish support vital.

Images of them crowding into boats and walking along roadways and railways throughout Europe have poured across media channels. Soon, some of them will be headed to Phoenix.

"The Gospel calls us, asks us to be near the least and the abandoned. To give them concrete hope, not just say 'Hang in there, have patience!'" Pope Francis said in an appeal in St. Peter's Square Sept. 6.

Lebanon has seen around four times as much precipitation as the same period last year. The weather, along with the substandard living conditions, has exposed half a million refugees living in some 600 tented settlements to additional hardship.

Every child deserves a safe place, whether it's in a parent's arms or a home. Children and young adults who are refugees don't readily have such luxuries.

The memory of that brutal June evening in his home near Mosul, Iraq, brought 48-year-old Joseph, now a refugee in Lebanon, to tears.