Fear, anger and protest: A look inside the immigration crackdown in New York City
Coffee hour and the beauty of lingering with one another
An organization working with immigrants cultivates joy and hope while offering support services
When the river rises in the Hill Country: Memory, belonging and the work of repair
Working collectively to stop the harm done to migrants
Churches and immigration: The clarity of Jesus’ call
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A word on timing. This essay was written more than a month ago and then set aside, awaiting the right occasion to appear — which has now presented itself, and fortuitously so. In the very days these pages were being prepared for posting, a cardinal of the Roman Church declared that synodality “has to stop.” What follows was composed well before that interview and in complete independence of it; yet I can imagine no more fitting reply. The claim it answers — that tradition and synodality are rivals, that one must be chosen against the other — is precisely the confusion these pages were written to dispel. I offer them now not as rebuttal but as clarification long in the making.
Half of Gen Z says Trump support keeps them out of church
Religion News
Service: A new study found that, even among Gen Z Christians, the strong
alliance between Trump and Christianity has had a negative impact on
churchgoing for many.
Burnham set to become Britain’s first openly Roman Catholic Prime Minister*
The New York Times:
Andy Burnham has spoken of Catholicism as part of his cultural identity
rather than as a fervent religious faith.
A faithful call to abolish ICE
Religion News
Service: As people of faith, we must call for the end of this ICE army,
which has grown beyond legal accountability or moral control.
Making sense of polls about religion
Gallup: Reports about
religion in America often seem to tell different stories. In many
cases, the differences don’t reflect conflicting realities, but rather
significant dissimilarities in how researchers measure and report
religion in America today.
Some World Cup fans are blaming Brazil’s loss on evangelicals
Religion News
Service: “If we pray like a gringo, then we play like a gringo,” fans
claim in the debate over whether Catholic or Protestant faith favors
football champions.
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The
walls of the colonial era church are still standing, but the roof
collapsed into the nave. The parish priest estimated restoring the
church will cost $2 million. |
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80-year-old Bishop Juan Abelardo Mata has been missing for 19 days. |
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In
a joint statement, Bishops Daniel García and Brendan Cahill called for
the application of immigration law in a humane manner and with respect
for fundamental human rights. |
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The
bishop said "we will never submit" to "the culture of death" as the
Catholic diocese and religious sisters argue that their faith prevents
them from participating in physician-assisted suicide. |
ZENIT Staff
Dom Robert, who will also continue to serve as Abbot of Ampleforth Abbey, succeeds Abbot Christopher Jamison OSB of Worth Abbey, who completed nine years of dedicated service as President of the Congregation.
ZENIT Staff
New Global Initiative to Give a First-Ever Meaningful Voice to People and Communities Worldwide Most Impacted by the Rapid Development and Deployment of AI
Covadonga Asturias
The final decision now belongs to the Constitutional Council. The deeper cultural question, however, will remain long after the judges have ruled
Joachin Meisner Hertz
Swiss men deemed fit for military service are generally required to complete approximately eight months of service, normally between the ages of 18 and 30. For generations, clergy were excluded from that obligation because they were considered essential to the civilian population, particularly in wartime
Elizabeth Owens
The controversy also highlighted inconsistencies that many observers found difficult to ignore. Not a single Islamic organisation appeared on Amnesty’s list, despite the fact that traditional Islamic teaching on sexuality and gender diverges sharply from contemporary LGBT+ activism
ZENIT Staff
By insisting that mental illness is neither a punishment from God nor evidence of insufficient faith, the bishops directly challenge beliefs that have persisted for generations in some sectors of Filipino society
ZENIT Staff
At present, scholars agree on one point only: the classical account of Islam’s origins cannot be upheld as historically reliable. What remains missing is a coherent alternative reconstruction capable of earning broad academic consensus
Elizabeth Owens
Her electronic travel authorisation, initially approved, was revoked shortly after Finland’s Supreme Court confirmed a conviction against her for “insulting a group” in a decades‑old pamphlet on marriage and sexuality
Jorge Enrique Mújica
New report from the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of Notre Dame, which calls for a more rigorous and integrated approach to psychological assessment, human formation and the discernment of candidates for the priesthood
Fr. Edward McNamara
Her electronic travel authorisation, initially approved, was revoked shortly after Finland’s Supreme Court confirmed a conviction against her for “insulting a group” in a decades‑old pamphlet on marriage and sexuality
ZENIT Staff
For me personally, this whole situation has a particularly tragic tone. Almost 35 years after leaving the FSSPX, I am experiencing a sense of déjà vu.
Church of England backs Palestinian Christians despite backlash
Al Jazeera: The
Church of England passed a motion to hear about the experiences of
Palestinian Christians from the Kairos documents.
A Catholic classicist on Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’
America: The core of
the film is political, psychological, and it advances, in its final
minutes, a striking philosophy of history. It is not, however, “mythic,”
says Jason M. Baxter.
Religious ignorance is as problematic as anti-religious bias
National Catholic
Reporter: Many of the most educated and culturally important actors in
our society are simply ignorant of religion's role in shaping the
culture.
Jane Roe case against Patterson dropped before trial
Baptist News Global:
What remained of a seven-year-old lawsuit filed by a former Southwestern
Baptist Theological Seminary student against former President Paige
Patterson has been settled out of court.
Ambler chapel at historic Pa. seminary wins international architecture award
WHYY: Immaculate
Conception Chapel at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary is one of several
historic, architecturally significant places honored by a
Philadelphia-based nonprofit.
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At
the Sunday Angelus in Castel Gandolfo, the pontiff said God’s kingdom
grows quietly through smallness, patience, and service rather than
spectacle or power. |
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Carlos
Márquez, auxiliary bishop of Caracas, Venezuela, explained that God’s
promise is not to eliminate suffering but that amid pain, he will not
abandon us. |
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“We
express our spiritual closeness to all those affected, to those who
have lost their homes, and to those generously participating in rescue,
care, and relief efforts,” Bishop Carlos García said. |
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Torres stands out for his Catholic faith within the Spanish national team, alongside coach Luis de la Fuente. |
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San Diego Japanese Christian Church
OMS Holiness Church of North America
San Diego Japanese Christian Church (SDJCC) is here to share the good news that a dynamic relationship with Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord is the key to abundant living in today’s world. Our church was founded as an outreach to Japanese speaking farmers in San Diego County over 80 years ago. SDJCC now has English and Japanese speaking ministries. It’s easy to miss, tucked away at the elbow of 19th and E streets just above Interstate 5: the Japanese American Christian Church in Golden Hill. You’d most likely drive past this humble place of worship on the way up Broadway without noticing it, but if you happened to be on a stroll down E Street looking at the nice old houses, you’d stumble upon it after the bigger homes give way to a series of California bungalows. It’s there before E turns right into 19th. Across the street from the church, a chain-link fence lines the sidewalk above the 5 where the homeless set up camp on a regular basis before they are swept out and relocated only to return again when the police shift their attention elsewhere. Historically, the church itself is a product of a relocation of a different sort. As my City College colleague, historian Susan Hasegawa informed me, it was originally founded as the Japanese Holiness Church by Christian Nikkei (immigrants and their descendents) in 1930 and located on Newton Avenue. Sponsored by the Oriental Mission Society, the church focused its efforts on outreach to Issei (first generation immigrant) farmers.
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