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The issuance of religious bonds by some American Catholic dioceses is a model of ecclesiastical financing that works thanks to the institutional communication of the Church in the economic field. This procedure, by which important resources are obtained in case of emergency, requires from those responsible for the administration of temporal goods a creative and clear institutional communication. Credit rating agencies present the financial situation of the diocese, especially to obtain new investors. Diocesan administrators usually turn to the faithful when they need more resources, but this system of issuing religious debt in the stock market represents a novel effort that can be imitated by other ecclesiastical entities.

This paper deals with the concept of immigrants and refugees when defining public policy. Public understanding of immigrants and refugees comes from political definitions and from secular and faith-based organizations. Most political definitions regarding immigrants and refugees are found in public policies: opening or closing borders, visa regulations, etc. These definitions include concepts regarding people who are object of the legislation under the mindset of people writing it. Sometimes the legislators don't understand the world vision of immigrants and refugees. And those who respect the law don't always know the mindset and motivations of the legislators. So a sort of common literacy is needed. This literacy is an essential part of this study. The objective of this paper is twofold. First, it aims to identify some of the general areas lacking research to adequately address the Refugee Crisis. Second, it aims to look forward for future research with representatives of key international entities helping immigrants and refugees. Its contents are organized in three parts: outlining the basic understanding of immigrants and refugees as it is found in contemporary academic literature, showing that without common concepts it is hard to reach agreements for social collaboration. making a call to action.