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Food, shelter and pastoral care – that’s what religious organizations are providing migrants on the U.S.-Mexico border just as they have for years. Recently, reporter Giovanna Dell’Orto with The Associated Press’ Global Religion Team spent about a week at the border documenting how the nuns, priests, pastors and other faithful are trying to serve the influx of people – some who can’t go back home – waiting to cross into the U.S.
Along with cartel violence and Christmas celebrations in jammed shelters, the crisis has been magnified by an uncertain end date for a Trump-era asylum ban, frigid winter temperatures and dashed hopes of starting a new life in America anytime soon. Thanks to Giovanna’s prior reporting on the border, she and other AP journalists gained exclusive access to migrant spaces as they hustled to show how faith leaders ministered amid the uncertainty and rising tensions.
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Shapiro’s big win is a high note amid antisemitism surge
Josh Shapiro will soon be taking office as Pennsylvania’s governor after running a campaign in which he spoke often about his Jewish religious heritage. At a time of rising concern about overt expressions of antisemitism, some observers see a bright spot in his decisive victory. By Peter Smith/The Associated Press
In Haiti, a crisis of violence, chaos, and cholera goes largely ignored by outside world
Charities do what they can to help the impoverished nation, but international action is needed to bring order and restore infrastructure, experts on the ground say. By Bob Smietana/Religion News Service
Critics of religious freedom laws often argue they are used to discriminate against LGBTQ people and only protect a conservative Christian worldview. But following the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade, religious abortion-rights supporters are citing these laws to protect access to abortion. By Arleigh Rodgers/The Associated Press
In Mexico, posadas bring early Christmas spirit, community
For more than a week before Christmas, a joyful parade wound its way through the streets of the Mexico City borough of Xochimilco. Similar festive processions, known as posadas, happen across the country; traditionally they are re-enactments of part of the Christmas story. By Maria Teresa Hernandez/The Associated Press
How the battle over Christian nationalism often starts with homeschooling
Some of the most popular homeschool curriculum textbooks teach that the first Europeans to arrive in Virginia and Massachusetts made a covenant with God to Christianize the land. By Bob Smietana and Emily McFarlan Miller/Religion News Service
Commentary and Analysis
The practice of granting indulgences by the Catholic Church, criticized by Martin Luther in the 16th century, still exists, as part of the doctrine -- but in a different form. By Myriam Renaud for The Conversation
The Prophet Muhammad called the pursuit of knowledge ‘obligatory for every Muslim.’ Daisy Khan/Religion News Service
Fans watch the homecoming parade of the Argentine national soccer team, which won the 2022 World Cup tournament in Qatar, from an overpass in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022. The sign reads, "I only ask God." (AP Photo/Victor Caivano)
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