RNS Morning Report - Floods turned beloved Texas camp into a nightmare. At least 27 girls remain missing

Top Stories Floods turned beloved Texas camp into a nightmare. At least 27 girls remain missing KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — The girls from Camp Mystic, a riverside Christian camp in Hunt, Texas, still were unaccounted for about 36 hours after the flood.   Nashville’s Christian music stars join activists in push to save PEPFAR (RNS) — During a mid-June event at Otter Creek Church, musicians and activists praised PEPFAR for saving millions of lives and urged evangelicals to call their representatives in Congress and show their support for the program.   Ukraine strips Orthodox leader of citizenship, alleging links to Moscow WARSAW, Poland (RNS) — Ukraine’s security service accused the head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of supporting ‘the policy of the Russian Orthodox Church and its leadership, in particular Patriarch Kirill,’ and ‘the aggressive policy of the Russian Federation.’   New book on Maggy Barankitse is a portrait of a humanitarian rising from the ashes (RNS) — Barankitse lived through two genocides and has dedicated her life to helping orphaned children and Burundian refugees.   Pope Leo XIV approves new Mass centered on care for the environment (RNS) — Pope Leo XIV will be celebrating hist first private Mass for the Care of Creation on July 9.   RNS Opinion On Ashura, we’re called to resist promises of false freedom (RNS) — Ashura defines what it means to walk the prophetic path: refusing to legitimize tyranny in whatever form.   Once the church of presidents, the Episcopal Church must now be an engine of resistance (RNS) — The reckoning, if we are honest, is long overdue.   ICYMI The Rev. James Forbes Jr. discusses ministry, family and overcoming adversity in poetry-filled book (RNS) — ‘My sense is that these poems might pick up someone’s spirit, they might deposit a resolution regarding some values,’ Forbes said in the preface of his new book.   At the Vatican, experts challenge the rules of global debt and finance (RNS) — The Vatican called for sweeping reforms to a global financial system it says punishes the poor and rewards the powerful. In Other News Gen Z women are booking convents instead of beach houses this summer The Rev William Barber’s ‘moral movement’ confronts Trump’s America. Can it work?   Depend on our reporting? Help us out! As a nonprofit newsroom that covers all faiths, RNS sits uniquely at the intersection of freedom of the press and freedom of religion. You can support this work! News tips or feedback? Email comments@religionnews.com Like the Morning Report? Share it with a friend Forwarded this newsletter? Subscribe here We rely on reader donations to power our reporting. Donate here. Or send a check to: Religion News Foundation PO Box 1808 Columbia, MO 65205