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In ‘Jesus Was a Migrant,’ Jemar Tisby makes a Christian case for humanizing immigrants

(RNS) — When President Donald Trump returned to office in January 2025, one of his first actions was to abruptly block migrants from seeking asylum

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How the LDS Church is growing — and shrinking

(RNS) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints just reported its highest convert growth in history. Over the weekend at its semiannual General

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After court battles, clergy visit ICE detainees in Illinois and Minnesota

(RNS) — Shortly after the Rev. Paul Joseph Keller, two fellow Catholic priests and a nun were ushered into the Broadview Immigration and Customs Enforcement

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On the eve of Passover, most US Jews oppose the war in Iran

(RNS) — On the eve of the holiday of Passover, a new poll shows a majority of American Jews oppose the joint U.S.-Israeli war on

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An interfaith vigil kicks off NYC’s ‘No Kings’ march

NEW YORK (RNS) — Hundreds gathered at Central Park’s Columbus Circle entrance on Saturday morning (March 28) for an interfaith vigil ahead of New York

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Christian nationalism makes our rights conditional

(RNS) — In a famous 1790 letter, President George Washington assured the Jewish community of Newport, Rhode Island, that in the United States, religious minorities

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A dehumanizing immigration policy requires a robust theology of protest

(RNS) — One could argue that the first time Christians protested was the early church’s refusal to worship Roman gods and its subsequent persecution. In

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Why Muslim zakat giving was under the microscope this Ramadan

(RNS) — It began with a fatwa, a ruling issued jointly by the Fiqh Council of North America and the Assembly of Muslim Jurists of

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Armageddon is not a strategy for peace in Iran

(RNS) —  The Military Religious Freedom Foundation said in recent days that soldiers have been reporting that the Book of Revelation — the New Testament’s

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Islamic schools, more parents sue Texas over exclusion from voucher program

(RNS) — Three Texas Islamic schools and a group of parents are suing state Attorney General Ken Paxton and Comptroller Kelly Hancock, marking the second