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Put yourself in the shoes of a refugee
Pope Francis with Syrian refugee children at a Vatican lunch Aug. 11. (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano via Reuters)
By Tony Magliano | Aug. 15, 2016
Imagine, right now at this very moment you and your loved ones need to run for your lives!
With hardly more than the clothes on your backs, you and your family must flee from an invading armed force.
Or imagine your quick exodus is due to the fact that gang members have threatened to kill your family because your teenage son or grandson has refused to join their murderous drug gang.
Or imagine that because of your religion, race, nationality, political belief or membership in a particular social group you and your family are being persecuted.
https://www.ncronline.org/blogs/making-difference/put-yourself-shoes-refugee