Lord, when did we see you?

Then the righteous will answer him and say, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? When did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? ... And the king will say to them in reply, 'Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for one of these least brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.' (Matthew 25:37-40)

The retired archbishop of Washington said he hopes the United States will admit more refugees from Iraq.

"The United States is starting to receive" refugees from Iraq, but "I hope they will accept more," Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick told Catholic News Service July 13 in a telephone interview from Beirut, Lebanon, where he was touring Middle Eastern host countries of Iraqi refugees...

A survey released July 11 from the nonprofit, private U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants reported that for the second consecutive year Iraq was the source of the most new refugees worldwide.

While the United States has admitted fewer than 800 Iraqi refugees for resettlement since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003, in 2006 Syria admitted 449,000, Jordan 250,000 and Egypt 79,800, the report said. Lebanon became the host country for 13,200 Iraqi refugees last year, it said.

Describing the state of Iraqi refugees as "a real man-made disaster" and "emergency situation," Cardinal McCarrick expressed concern over two groups of Iraqi refugees: Christians and those who have worked with the U.S. military or government, putting their lives in danger.