Wednesday, August 20, 2025

RNS Morning Report - Attendance drops, fear rises in immigrant churches as Trump takes over DC

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Attendance drops, fear rises in immigrant churches as Trump takes over DC

WASHINGTON (RNS) — ‘I never thought I had one day to cancel Sunday worship because it is not safe for our Latino siblings to come to church. But here we are … ,’ wrote one pastor on Facebook.
 

Federal judge approves partial settlement for lost AME Church retirement funds

(RNS) — Retirement plan participants could recoup more of the lost funds in further legal proceedings.
 

Mormon women can wear new sacred undergarments. Some wonder: Why now?

PROVO, Utah (NPR) — This is the first summer The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has offered the underclothing without sleeves in its nearly 200-year history.
 

New PBS documentary explores love and loss in Islamic stories

(RNS) — ‘Islam’s Greatest Stories of Love,’ premiering Friday (Aug. 22), seeks to better understand the wisdom in five stories of various types of love.
 

DHS is using the Bible to promote ICE, claiming ‘righteous’ fight against immigrants

(RNS) — The agency refers to Scripture as it seeks to recruit agents who are pivotal in the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.

 

 

RNS Opinion

To understand a faith, first understand the people who practice it

(RNS) — What would it take for us to see one another for the complex human beings that we are, rather than for the stereotypes that dominate our understandings?
 

Edward A. Reese, S.J., 1942-2025, RIP

(RNS) — Eddie left this world surrounded by love. I was privileged to be his brother. I will miss him.

 

ICYMI

At 175, a Brooklyn church turns to film to preserve its legacy for a new generation

NEW YORK (RNS) — Jahleel Hills, a 27-year-old filmmaker and sixth-generation member of Berean Baptist Church, has teamed up with church elders to ensure its story reaches and inspires the next generation.
 

Cardinal Zuppi leads seven-hour prayer, naming every child killed in Holy Land war

(RNS) — The head of the Italian Bishops’ Conference took turns with dozens of other members of his diocese reading the names and ages of the 16 Israeli children and the 12,211 Palestinian children who have been killed in the war.

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