RNS Morning Report - How NYC faith-based food banks, shelters are adapting to ICE fear

Top Stories How NYC faith-based food banks, shelters are adapting to ICE fear NEW YORK (RNS) — Religious organizations in New York City are reviving old strategies and adopting new ones to protect their communities from immigration enforcement.   Camp Mystic’s Christian sisterhood spans generations and nations AUSTIN, Texas (RNS) — For three generations of women, Camp Mystic has loomed large in this family's faith formation.   Faith-based relief groups offer food, water and emotional support to Texas flood survivors (RNS) — Along with food, water and supplies, Christian disaster relief groups are offering emotional and spiritual support to flood survivors in Texas Hill Country.   Plaintiff in refugee ban lawsuit, Pacito v. Trump, arrives in North Carolina (RNS) — A 22-year-old Congolese refugee is the lead plaintiff in a suit challenging Trump’s executive order freezing all refugee resettlement.   Church trial of ACNA Bishop Stewart Ruch starts Monday (RNS) — Four years since admitting to making 'regrettable errors' in his handling of abuse allegations, the controversial bishop faces a long-awaited church trial.   RNS Opinion Who really wins in the abolishment of the Johnson Amendment? (RNS) — The new post-Johnson Amendment regime is bound to be helpful to Republicans but unlikely to advance the cause of religion.   War is not the answer, at home or abroad (RNS) — And it is not a justification for the erosion of our civil liberties and democracy.   ICYMI On Guru Purnima, Hindus honor the teachers who shaped them (RNS) — Guru Purnima, falling on July 10 this year, is the festival for students and disciples to show their reverence for gurus, the ‘removers of darkness.’   Pope Leo XIV’s latest US bishop appointment sparks mixed reactions over LGBTQ+ outreach (RNS) — Thomas Hennen’s ministry in the Diocese of Davenport, Iowa, signaled he backs current Catholic Church teaching on LGBTQ+ issues. In Other News ICE set to vastly expand its reach with new funds American killed by Israeli settlers in the West Bank, family says   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