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‘There is no Christmas for separated families’: Pastors tend to immigrant families in crisis

‘There is no Christmas for separated families’: Pastors tend to immigrant families in crisis

LOS ANGELES (RNS) — As Los Angeles pastors lead congregations and preach about the meaning of Christmas, they’re facing the emotional devastation of families struggling to cling to hope.
‘There is no Christmas for separated families’: Pastors tend to immigrant families in crisis

Yoga, meditation classes taught in Spanish offer healing to stressed communities

(RNS) — ‘Our community is definitely experiencing heightened levels of stress, insecurity, uncertainty, anxiety and fear,’ said Xiomara Arauz, a Denver-based yoga and meditation teacher. ‘If the class is in Spanish and everybody speaks Spanish, people feel more safe being in that environment, feeling like they’re understood or they're accepted here.’
‘There is no Christmas for separated families’: Pastors tend to immigrant families in crisis

An American mathematician wants to work with the Vatican on AI

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Po-Shen Loh never expected the pope to be part of the debate over artificial intelligence. But when Pope Leo XIV began urging AI developers to prioritize moral discernment — and was seemingly mocked online by a Silicon Valley investor — the Carnegie Mellon mathematician took notice.
‘There is no Christmas for separated families’: Pastors tend to immigrant families in crisis

Can evangelical faith in Israel survive MAGA and the Gaza war? Israel is betting millions on it

(RNS) — Conservatives have long seen supporting Israel as an act of faith. Now, critics such as Tucker Carlson say Christian Zionism is a heresy, while more progressive Christian voices denounce Israel’s treatment of Palestinians.

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‘There is no Christmas for separated families’: Pastors tend to immigrant families in crisis

Why the news leak about New York’s change in archbishops should trouble Catholics

(RNS) — We must end the sense among Catholics that one ‘side’ is winning or losing.
‘There is no Christmas for separated families’: Pastors tend to immigrant families in crisis

AI comes with a built-in worldview. Christians need to understand it.

(RNS) — Christians must engage to remain a cultural force for good in our technology-infused world.

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‘There is no Christmas for separated families’: Pastors tend to immigrant families in crisis

Are you a Christmas-only Catholic? What you need to know before going back to church.

(RNS) — 'The important thing,' said a Dominican friar, 'is to let your heart be engaged and let God love you sacramentally.'
‘There is no Christmas for separated families’: Pastors tend to immigrant families in crisis

Santa Claus or the ‘red rabbi’? How Christmas lost its taboo for some Jews in Israel.

JERUSALEM (RNS) — Being Jewish in the Diaspora at Christmastime is very different from being Jewish in Israel.

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