Catholics continue to rally around Afghan refugee families in St. Louis
Exhausted Afghan men, women, and children continue to arrive to the United States. In many places, Christians are the ones doing the most to welcome them.
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Exhausted Afghan men, women, and children continue to arrive to the United States. In many places, Christians are the ones doing the most to welcome them.
Ann Wittman with Farid Wardak, an Afghan immigrant, in front of the house that the Wittmans purchased for the Wardak family in the St. Louis suburb of Affton. / Jonah McKeown/CNASt. Louis, Mo., Aug 22, 2022 / 08:00 am (CNA).By the time the Taliban captured Kabul at the end of August 2021 and began ruling with oppression, hundreds of thousands of men, women, and children had fled the country, many seeking a new life in the United States. A stay-at-home mother of three sons, Ann Wittman, 47, felt that the time was right for her to start doing charitable work full-time. As exhausted and dest...
Ann Wittman with Farid Wardak, an Afghan immigrant, in front of the house that the Wittmans purchased for the Wardak family in the St. Louis suburb of Affton. / Jonah McKeown/CNA St. Louis, Mo., Aug 22, 2022 / 08:00 am (CNA). By the time the Ta...
Ann Wittman with Farid Wardak, an Afghan immigrant, in front of the house that the Wittmans purchased for the Wardak family in the St. Louis suburb of Affton. / Jonah McKeown/CNASt. Louis, Mo., Aug 22, 2022 / 08:00 am (CNA).By the time the Taliban captured Kabul, Afghanistan at the end of August 2021 and began ruling with oppression, hundreds of thousands of men, women, and children had fled the country, many seeking a new life in the United States. A stay-at-home mother of three sons, Ann Wittman, 47, felt that the time was right for her to start doing charitable work full-time. As exhau...