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Around DC, congregations aid those who’ve lost the ‘good government job’

(RNS) — ‘You worry: Oh, these resources are going to dry up after a while,’ said an attendee of a church’s job-hunting workshop, ‘or just people's attention moves on.’
 

Outside Newark’s 1,100-bed detention center, a weekly prayer service for anxious families

NEWARK, New Jersey (RNS) — At Delaney Hall, the East Coast’s largest immigrant detention facility, families and volunteers say harsh conditions and shifting rules have urged the need for spiritual care.
 

Pope Leo XIV expresses closeness with Ukraine on its Independence Day

(RNS) — In an earlier message, Leo also made an appeal for peace in Ukraine, entrusting the country to the Virgin Mary.
 

Basketball shoe with Bible verse from NBA’s Jonathan Isaac lands at Museum of the Bible

(RNS) — The pair of shoes, signed by Isaac, refer to Proverbs 28:1, a verse the player said he has turned to in times when he has struggled with anxiety.

 

 

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The midwives of democracy are already at work

(RNS) — The future is crowning, but it’s far from guaranteed.
 

Rabbis criticize Israeli government for Gaza

(RNS) — While several groups of rabbis have taken Israel to task, they are hardly voices crying in the wilderness.

 

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Clergy rally to defend Kilmar Abrego García as he is detained by ICE

BALTIMORE (RNS) — 'God is with us, and God will never leave us,' Abrego told the crowd. 'God will bring justice to all of the injustice that we are suffering.'
 

Israeli settlers left Gaza 20 years ago. Now, many think they should have stayed.

JERUSALEM (RNS) — Most Israelis see a direct correlation between the removal of army bases and the Jews who lived in Gaza and Hamas’ ability to carry out the Oct. 7, 2023, massacre.

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