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Cardinal Tobin leads Ash Wednesday Masses inside New Jersey ICE facility

Cardinal Tobin leads Ash Wednesday Masses inside New Jersey ICE facility

NEWARK, N.J. (RNS) — The Newark bishops are the only confirmed U.S. bishops who plan to celebrate Ash Wednesday Mass in an ICE detention facility.
Cardinal Tobin leads Ash Wednesday Masses inside New Jersey ICE facility

David E. Anderson, former RNS editor and longtime journalist, dies at 84

(RNS) — ‘He was a legend by the time I got to meet him,’ said journalist Ira Rifkin of his future supervisor David Anderson. ‘He just seemed to know everything.’
Cardinal Tobin leads Ash Wednesday Masses inside New Jersey ICE facility

400 Christian leaders urge resistance to Trump administration on Ash Wednesday

WASHINGTON (RNS) — The statement’s signers include a mix of denominational leaders, seminary presidents, scholars and leaders of prominent congregations.
Cardinal Tobin leads Ash Wednesday Masses inside New Jersey ICE facility

New Orleans celebrates Mardi Gras, the indulgent conclusion of Carnival season

NEW ORLEANS, La. (AP) — Mardi Gras, also known as Fat Tuesday, marks the climax and end of the weekslong Carnival season and a final chance for indulgence, feasting and revelry before the Christian Lent period of sacrifice and reflection.

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Cardinal Tobin leads Ash Wednesday Masses inside New Jersey ICE facility

How should Muslims talk to their youth about the risks of activism?

(RNS) — In households where religious practice is linked with standing against injustice, how do parents guide children engaged in various forms of activism?
Cardinal Tobin leads Ash Wednesday Masses inside New Jersey ICE facility

Jesse Jackson’s complex history with American Jews

(RNS) — Jackson was a great and complicated man. And a rock star told a part of his story.

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Cardinal Tobin leads Ash Wednesday Masses inside New Jersey ICE facility

For its 400th anniversary, St. Peter’s Basilica embraces AI and structural surveillance

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Four centuries after its consecration, St. Peter’s Basilica is turning to artificial intelligence and advanced monitoring technology to safeguard its future.
Cardinal Tobin leads Ash Wednesday Masses inside New Jersey ICE facility

Watchdogs say Russian church helped recruit young Kenyans who have fought in Ukraine

(RNS) — The alleged pipeline is a sign that the Russian state is leveraging its national church’s expansion into Africa.

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