Much has been written about the motivations of progressive clergy who have been protesting ICE’s mass deportation campaign. RNS reporter Bob Smietana interviewed a group of evangelical clergy who believe Christian compassion and immigration enforcement do not conflict. Some say the Bible supports the idea of borders. Others say the country’s identity is being threatened by unfettered immigration. “I think all of them need to go,” said Joe Rigney, an associate pastor at Christ Church in Moscow, Idaho, and author of “The Sin of Empathy."  Top Stories | (RNS) — Pastors and other faith leaders have led protests against ICE in places such as Minneapolis. But this group of evangelical pastors believes churches should support the Trump administration's immigration agenda. |
 | ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (RNS) — The pope touched on ‘just war’ theory, the war in Ukraine, the soccer World Cup and even Bad Bunny during the papal flight taking him to Madrid. |
 | VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Pope Leo XIV lands in Spain this weekend for his first major European trip, entering a country where Catholic memory remains powerful but church practice has declined, where migration and life issues fuel political division and where young people are showing a surprising new interest in faith. |
 | (RNS) — After three decades, Phoenix Seminary is set to be acquired by the Talbot School of Theology at Biola University, elevating Talbot as the second-largest interdenominational seminary. |
 | MADRID (RNS) — Leo encouraged young people to cast aside appearances, to seek justice and to live an honest life. |
 | MADRID (RNS) — Pope Leo XIV urged Europe to embrace complexity instead of divisive simplifications while speaking to political and diplomatic authorities in Madrid. |
 | MADRID (RNS) – Before one of the largest crowds of his young pontificate, Pope Leo XIV used Spain’s Corpus Christi celebrations to call Catholics in an increasingly secular country back to a public, living faith. |
Opinion | (RNS) — One small hyphen makes all the difference between a principled debate and a hate movement. |
ICYMI | (RNS) — ‘We are called by our faith to put our bodies on the line if that’s the call,’ said the Rev. Robin Tanner, a Unitarian Universalist minister. |
 | (RNS) — The new list includes 31 recognized faiths, most of them Christian denominations. |
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